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View synonyms for naiveté

naiveté

or na·ïve·té, na·ive·te

[ nah-eev-tey, -ee-vuh-tey, -eev-tey, -ee-vuh- ]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
  2. a naive action, remark, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of naiveté1

First recorded in 1665–75; from French; naive, -ity ( def )

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Example Sentences

That kind of spoiled naïveté seems inexcusable in a clearly intelligent author who is pushing 30.

It was naïveté that made us believe if we kept knocking on those doors, someone was finally going to say yes.

VIRGO There is benefit in not having all the answers, even feigning a sort of naïveté.

Both kinds are equally popular in the camps, and both are of the most astounding naïveté.

She besought the King to pardon the Constable,—a request which proves how great was her naïveté.

Phelim cried with a genuine naïveté that at another time would have provoked a smile.

There is in a sense a certain naïveté in his measurement of the stranger.

Vincèn and Mirèio are charming in their naïveté, they are unspoiled and unreflecting.

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