Definition of Refinement

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Definition of Refinement
	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. Related Definitions: Act, Affected, An, As, Being, Elaborated, Excess, Ideas, Is, Logic, Of, Or, Polished, Refined, Refinement, Refining, State, Subtilty, That, The, To, Which

Refinement Quotations

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Albert Einstein

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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