I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.
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Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
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Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband).
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