naivety
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naivety, naïveté or naiveté (naɪˈiːvtɪ, ˌnaɪiːvˈteɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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Naivety
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
The posters' naivety about freedom of speech is astonishing.
These outside perspectives helped her to decode her own milieu and to shed some of her intellectual naivety.
Your naivety and toxicity is one more example of what will take our country down.
The left wing westerners in their naivety believe applying their values will solve all.
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