Paul Johnson

And Another Thing | 10 January 2009

Are you sophisticated? Here’s how to find out<br /> <br type="_moz" />

issue 10 January 2009

Are you sophisticated? Here’s how to find out

The word ‘sophisticated’, though commonly used, especially by persons who turn out on close investigation to be unsophisticated, is tricky, and truly sophisticated people avoid it altogether. Now, having got that off my chest, let us try to define it. One difficulty is that the root of the word can mean opposite things.

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