Refinement
The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.
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Refinement Quotations
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Albert Einstein
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.
Jean Baudrillard
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.
H. P. Lovecraft
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
David Rockefeller
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
Raymond Queneau
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
Bryant H. McGill
The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.
Felix Adler
We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming.
Howard Carter
Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.
Niklaus Wirth
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
Donald G. Mitchell
Refinement Translations
refinement in German is Veredelung, Verfeinerung
refinement in Latin is humanitas
refinement in Spanish is refinamiento
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