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by fouc 2157 days ago
TIL. I was quite surprised that sophistication used to mean deceptive/misleading behavior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication

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"Sophistry" still does.

"Silly" is the standard example of semantic shift over what people generally perceive to be a pretty extreme distance: https://www.etymonline.com/word/silly