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naiveté

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Dictionary: na·ive·té or na·ïve·té ('ēv-tā', nä'-, nī-ē'vĭ-tā', nä-) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.
  2. An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.

[French naïveté, from Old French naivete, native disposition, from naif, artless. See naive.]


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n

Definition: innocence, gullibility
Antonyms: experience, leeriness, skepticism, sophistication


 
WordNet: naivete
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lack of sophistication or worldliness
  Synonyms: naivety, naiveness
  Antonym: sophistication (meaning #4)


 
 

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