# American Refinement **Domain:** Republican Sophistication / Conduct **System:** [[wiki/American System|American System]] ## Definition American Refinement is sophistication formed under republican rather than courtly conditions. It values competence, equality before the standard, useful knowledge, composure, hospitality, and authority that does not require domination. The laboratory, public office, enterprise, diplomatic table, command room, workshop, and household all contributed to its grammar. Refinement is completed when capability makes other people safer, more oriented, and more able to act. ## Place in the American System American Refinement is developed from [[american/American Ethos - Vision and Doctrine|American Ethos - Vision and Doctrine]] and belongs to [[collections/American|the American Collection]]. Its role is to keep one stable concept available across doctrine, character, comportment, material culture, intelligence participation, and alliance work without collapsing those levels into one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/American Standard|American Standard]] · [[wiki/Common Standard|Common Standard]] · [[wiki/American Comportment|American Comportment]] ## Sources / Provenance The governing source is [[american/American Ethos - Vision and Doctrine|American Ethos - Vision and Doctrine]]; the wider architecture is routed through [[wiki/American System|American System]].