[ UK /na‍ɪˈiːvɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. lack of sophistication or worldliness
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How To Use naivety In A Sentence

  • I loved the very air of innocence and naivety that this place held.
  • General Ricardo Izurieta, the moderate army commander, is now being criticised for political naivety by diehard Pinochetistas.
  • His portraits often show his subjects brimming with youthful idealism and naivety; touchingly eager for fame, rather than sullied by it. Times, Sunday Times
  • A gamine ingenue to her sophisticated divorcee, she plays this streetwise waif with the same knowing naivety that made the 12-year-old such a disturbingly seductive assassin's helpmate in her first film, Leon.
  • His portraits often show his subjects brimming with youthful idealism and naivety; touchingly eager for fame, rather than sullied by it. Times, Sunday Times
  • These actions came as a result of my own naivety, driven by a desire to strengthen regulations on payday lenders and protect vulnerable consumers. The Sun
  • The naivety, hateful ignorance and misguided arguments of his article were appalling to say the least.
  • Let's not give the impression that we are entering into this with dewy-eyed naivety.
  • Let's put it down to youthful naivety. The Sun
  • Some writers can spell and punctuate; some can't. Some writers will reveal a lifetime of experience; some will display a youthful naivety.
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