naivete

[ US /nɑˌivəˈteɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. lack of sophistication or worldliness
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How To Use naivete In A Sentence

  • We better be open about that and clearminded that one of the ingredients that produced those monsters was that perfect 'naivete' about 'eveyone can be a King' or 'everyone can run for office', or 'do not worry, be happy'. Republicans�� Biggest Lies
  • Thus, in a 419 scam, other factors, such as psychopathology or extreme naïvete, likely explain the gullible behavior. Why We Keep Falling for Financial Scams
  • His mixture of naiveté, charlatanism, and singular devotion to a unique vision make him a genuine frontier spirit, a real-life American folk hero for the '80s, and a precious natural resource.
  • Therefore, a certain naiveté, unburdened by conventional wisdom, can sometimes be a positive asset.
  • But naïveté, of course, was a part of love: that was one of its weaknesses. MURDER SONG
  • She couldn't bear to think of the woman laughing behind his back, exploiting his gentility, his naïveté. THE HELLBOUND HEART
  • Barthelmess mostly fares okay, other than a few over-the-top speeches, but the fresh-faced Fairbanks can't shake a kind of gee-whiz naiveté, and William Janney, playing Scott's younger brother Donny, is even more overwound. The Dawn Patrol (1930)
  • This cheerfulness is the opposite of the marvellous “naivete” of the older Greeks, which we must see, in accordance with its given characteristics, as the flowering of Apollonian culture, blossoming out of a dark abyss, as the victory over suffering and the wisdom of suffering, which the Hellenic will gains through its ability to mirror beauty.’ Nietzsche the Pantheist? | Heretical Ideas Magazine
  • Stories and novels written by children in all times have for the most part borne the stamp of naivete and childish immaturity.
  • My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today.
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