or na·ïve′té·
- the quality or state of being naive; simplicity; artlessness
- a naive action or remark
Origin of naiveté
FrenchAlso na·ive′ness or na·ïve′ness, na·iv′ety· or na·ïv′ety·
noun
Naivete is a lack of knowledge or sophistication.
An example of a person's naivete is when she falls for an obvious trick or prank.
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naivete
or na·ïve·té
noun
- The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.
- An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.
Origin of naivete
French naïveté from Old French naivete native disposition from naif artless ; see naive .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- This naivete may be one of the reasons why many unsuitable dogs are living in neighborhoods with children or other dogs and have been involved in attacks.
- But the latter's good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas' good humor.
- The same naivete appears in a remark of the Caliph Othman about a doubtful case: " If the Apostle of God were still alive, methinks there had been a Koran passage revealed on this point."
- It revived in the charming naivete of Cowper's lyrical letters in octosyllabics to his friends, such as William Bull and Lady Austin (1782).
- But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.
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