naiveté

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

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