An essay on misused words: Sophisticated and elegant

Gene Woolsey Colorado School of Mines

Abstract

A trendy comment, intended to be a put-down, is to label someone's idea, model, or theory as `unsophisticated'. Recourse to a standard dictionary shows that `unsophisticated' is not a bad thing to be, and that `elegance' is also desirable.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1979-09-01
DOI
10.1109/tpc.1979.6501744
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