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naivety
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na·ive·ty
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noun,
plural
-ties.
naiveté.
Also,
na·ïve·ty.
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Example Sentences
Monopolizing on the
naivety
of generational consumer influx sets these insane ideals.
But it appears as if the founders of the world's biggest internet search engine have a touch of
naivety
about them too.
I've probably lived as long as you and it's your
naivety
you should worry about.
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Monopolizing on the
naivety
of generational consumer influx sets these insane ideals.
But it appears as if the founders of the world's biggest internet search engine have a touch of
naivety
about them too.
I've probably lived as long as you and it's your
naivety
you should worry about.
Your
naivety
and toxicity is one more example of what will take our country down.
It reminds us of both the
naivety
and the self possession of the young.
But that tends to be the
naivety
of a new generation.
The few pieces produced during this time show a return to the
naivety
that characterized the first years of his career.
If all melancholic yarns essentially knit
naivety
with nostalgia, then a young hero can be a heady thing.
These outside perspectives helped her to decode her own milieu and to shed some of her intellectual
naivety
.
When they start to look evil, it is usually out of
naivety
.
Also
naivety
combined with stupidity and lack or respect for the biochemical character of the drugs and bodies involved.
The left wing westerners in their
naivety
believe applying their values will solve all.
The posters'
naivety
about freedom of speech is astonishing.
But these were overwhelmed by indecision,
naivety
and a lack of political instinct.
Your cost of people being out of work due to fossil fuel production demonstrates your
naivety
on the topic.
His foreign policy is dominated by
naivety
and ignorance.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
naivety
,
naïveté
or
naiveté
(naɪˈiːvtɪ, ˌnaɪiːvˈteɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-ties
,
-tés
1.
the state or quality of being naive; ingenuousness; simplicity
2.
a naive act or statement
naïveté
,
naïveté
or
naiveté
—
n
naiveté
,
naïveté
or
naiveté
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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