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.
She was famous for portraying naïvety and innocence on stage, qualities far removed from her real-life personality.
They could all play and sing really well but had a naivety and willingness to learn and improve.
He was a bluff, domineering character who exuded confidence though politically he often showed signs of naivety.
Escaping to Italy, she sets her sights on the newly married Robert Windermere, whose wife Meg is about to turn 21 and is still charming with the naivety and idealism of youth.
But you can only stand open-mouthed at the naivety of this particular suggestion. Times, Sunday Times
Mozart's music is characterized by its naivety and clarity.
But his controversial elevation to the peerage to enable him to become a junior health minister has already exposed his political naivety and allegiance. Times, Sunday Times
But isn't it telling of the naivety of the people who were duped by the claim that they could get a tan from their computer? The Sun
At its worst, it combined the naivety of the 1960s, the anti-intellectualism of the 1970s and the ravenous greed of the 1980s.
Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.
There are extenuating circumstances, her ignorance, her naivety, her youth (not a crime, one character tries to reassure her), and another's scheming and deception.
Yet, this technological naivety finally does not matter, for the dystopians' purpose is moral and political.
Innocence and naivety really helped us. Times, Sunday Times
At worst, he would construe it as an act of such unutterable naivety that it could only be interpreted as being malign in intent. BLACK EAGLES
But anything more general just smacks, to me, of a naivety about the historical construction of the nation-state.
It's probably the naivety of youth that resulted in her sad, tragic and untimely death. Times, Sunday Times
A good act or the naivety of innocence? Times, Sunday Times
It is hard to credit the political naivety of this. Times, Sunday Times
The main character naivety is good for the plot and funny, but it makes impossible for me to relate to her. Simple Meme: What Book Are You Reading Now?
Funnily enough, Korngold had a similar generosity, naivety and overambition; and Korngold is often criticised in a remarkably similar way. Return of the native...
I wouldn't really want to speculate on the level of naivety or lack of naivety.
His naivety was so deep that he was able to create a paradise of enchanted magic.
It's wonderfully at odds with the naivety of the fairytale strings and Clark's choirgirl vocals, conjuring up a hazy world in which nothing seems quite stable, a state helped along by the addition of magnificently oddball heavy riffs and stuttering synths. St Vincent: Strange Mercy – review
We may be inexperienced but naivety is not a characteristic we possess in abundance.
Ann's naivety is at least a fault on the right side.
At least the naivety of those “genre” novels has been put in its place; these pretend to be proper books, with complex approaches to trauma, even as in their use of the strange and the diegetic they seek to infiltrate and undermine the literary order — which is to say the self-sustaining absolutes, the “what is, is” of maieutic miserablism. Bukiet on Brooklyn Books
Scottish lawyers are concerned at skiers' naivety as they head off for their winter sun.
We end, as we must, with an act of forgiveness but its sweet naivety is tinged with the bittersweet taste of experience. Times, Sunday Times
Please forgive my naivety and my inexperience, but I'm trying!
He's someone who learned the hard way about how naivety is exploited on that scene, with underage actors blithely cast in barebacking scenes by studio guys who pay little attention to age certification legislation. Archive 2010-06-01
There's also a naivety in merely assuming that vowels just change at whim without feeling any pang of responsibility to explain the supposed phonetic changes intelligently i.e. helu versus the compared word hil as attested in TLE 675. False Etruscan-Latin bilingual equations
In my infinite naivety and itsy-bitsy experience, I like squirrels.
Perhaps his personal kindness became, in the political realm, a kind of naivety. Times, Sunday Times
At least the naivety of those “genre” novels has been put in its place; these pretend to be proper books, with complex approaches to trauma, even as in their use of the strange and the diegetic they seek to infiltrate and undermine the literary order — which is to say the self-sustaining absolutes, the “what is, is” of maieutic miserablism. Bukiet on Brooklyn Books
They laughed at the naivety of his suggestion.
Oddly, this cynicism runs alongside breathtaking naivety. Times, Sunday Times
And some of her early excesses were more a result of naivety and bad advice from boofheads like Oldfield than anything else.
There's a certain naivety to the world with us, and also a feeling that we are kind of in our own little world where the rules are slightly different.
The naivety and negligence of the negotiator necessitates an aide with neat handwriting.
I missed the excited talk of last year where our eagerness and innocent naivety overruled our sense of logic and sensibility.
It is less satirical than most, less concerned with youthful naivety. Times, Sunday Times
Walking down what used to be bustling Ivegate, I saw all the white splodges on the flags and in my naivety thought they were the results of the flocks of starlings that used to roost in Bradford.
Scroggins quotes many of Emma's friends, who describe her naivety, her refusal to take life seriously, the fact that "she lived in a bubble".
His portraits often show his subjects brimming with youthful idealism and naivety; touchingly eager for fame, rather than sullied by it. Times, Sunday Times
In her naivety, she thought he would always be that untamable boy with no desire to settle down and make a commitment.
He had a taste for popular decorative devices, such as fruit, flowers, and brocades, which resulted in a curious and engaging blend of naivety and sophistication.
It was a victory for footballing nous over naivety; intelligence over hopefulness.
Such optimism is either gross naivety - like a woman who keeps going back to an abusive partner, convinced that this time he'll change - or inspiringly positive.
Liu prefers simple narrative style ebulliently painted in brilliant colours that reveals a certain self-confidence and naivety, as if seen through the distorted lens of Pieter Bruegel.
It betrayed a naivety that proved counterproductive. Times, Sunday Times
The charge that supermarkets are motivated by the desire to generate enormous profits points to a naivety about the business world.
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
Still, although Pi certainly has a voice, the literary cost of his boyish naivety is that he is somewhat empty as a character.
The kind of Family of Man photography that promotes an upbeat ‘love conquers all’ sentimentality Sontag finds morally reprehensible in its naivety.
In my infinite naivety and itsy-bitsy experience, I like squirrels.
You may very well accuse me of being a naïve fool, but don't confuse naivety with hope, I may be thirty seven tomorrow but I can still hope…… there is a happy land.
The first year I grew sweetcorn the crop was fabulous, and in my naivety I believed it was all down to me, following those instructions to the letter and demonstrating my growing feel for, well, growing things.
He also defended a speech that the Pope gave last year that linked Islam and violence, saying it had been an attempt by the pontiff to "act against a certain naivety". (Continuing) Islamophobia in the Vatican
At 19, one of his greatest strengths is his naivety, his lack of fear.
We may be inexperienced but naivety is not a characteristic we possess in abundance.
He did so not from naivety but from political calculation. Times, Sunday Times
This naivety is the reason Nigerians want to give you millions of dollars for helping them move their fortunes to U.S. bank accounts. Think Progress » Limbaugh Now Says He Won’t Move To Costa Rica — Will Just Go There To Use Its Public Health System
But naivety - especially willed naivety - is certainly blameworthy if one ought to know better.
Consider, now, Wallace's storytelling method, favouring obliquity and puzzle packed in puzzle, and wonder if it mightn't have its own version of ‘gross rhetorical naivety’.
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
His naivety often prevented him from even noticing the calumnies of right-wing journalists. The Times Literary Supplement
With his trousers hoisted slightly too high above his waist, long grey hair grazing his collar and a roguish glint in his eye, he charmed us all instantly with a combination of naivety and directness.
They held their discipline, were running hard in the last few minutes and, despite a few careless errors and some touches of naivety, were never dull.
Such naivety was perhaps to be expected of a newly industrial America actuated by evangelical religion and optimistic crusades for social reform.
And, yes, I'm aware that by even asking that question, it becomes painfully obvious that my naivety is showing. News Item
But you can only stand open-mouthed at the naivety of this particular suggestion. Times, Sunday Times
General Ricardo Izurieta, the moderate army commander, is now being criticised for political naivety by diehard Pinochetistas.
When he started as Labour leader the cartoonists saw him as Bambi, referring to that smiley expression as well as implying a certain naivety.
Yet some argue it is, as well, an instance of his political naivety. The Times Literary Supplement
Hammerstein's tendency towards thin characterisation, philosophical naivety and self-conscious poeticisms don't meet his pupil's exacting standards. Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim – review
Let's not give the impression that we are entering into this with dewy-eyed naivety.
It has also criticised the political naivety of the proposals. Times, Sunday Times
His naivety is evident in his foreign policy pilosophy and his view of racial equality. Carter to officially endorse Obama
My dictionary defines naivety as ‘The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.’
It is one of naivety - that somehow the education will arrive without an invoice to pay. Times, Sunday Times
We could take bets on how quickly I'll put my foot in my mouth and ask about something that reveals my total naivety about underwater basketweaving. Archive 2009-02-01
And Ayesha, with her curious mix of rabid work ethic and kooky naivety, looks right at home here.
Hicks was not an untaught primitive; the naivety of his style belongs to an established tradition for he was apprenticed to a coach painter and later painted signs for inns and shops.
It is a gross naivety on the part of the Government to presume that the impact of this measure will not increase student debt.
He made a strategic error and was at best guilty of political naivety, at worst of incompetence.
There is such a lot of naivety about drugs and alcohol - I think they should have the facts.
Honesty and complexity have gone, and in their place are naivety and the crashingly banal. The Times Literary Supplement
If only you had my meekness," Dürer wrote to Pirkheimer (set: p. 85), half in jest doubtless, but with profound truth: -- though the word meekness does not indeed cover the whole of what we feel made Dürer's most radical advantage over his friend; at other times we might call it naïvety, that sincerity of great and simple natures which can never be outflanked or surprised. Albert Durer
He described his own school days as magical and full of innocence and naivety.
He's the same in conversation: upfront, honest, serious to the point of naivety in some instances and quietly funny in others.
In her naivety, she thought he would always be that untamable boy with no desire to settle down and make a commitment.
But I always have the sneaking feeling that the minute I go out the door, they are making ‘what a loony’ signs to each other and generally mocking me for my naivety.
I’ll admit my naivety up front Internet advertising business models, but aren’t longtail audiences more targeted and therefore monetizeable at higher rates than mainstream shorthead content? Move Networks
It is one of naivety - that somehow the education will arrive without an invoice to pay. Times, Sunday Times
At least the naivety of those “genre” novels has been put in its place; these pretend to be proper books, with complex approaches to trauma, even as in their use of the strange and the diegetic they seek to infiltrate and undermine the literary order — which is to say the self-sustaining absolutes, the “what is, is” of maieutic miserablism. Archive 2009-07-01
The most striking characteristic of this debate about morality and politics is its naivety.
The problem with these nasties is that they lack motivation: it's impossible to tell whether they act out of naïvety, malice or both.
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
It's probably the naivety of youth that resulted in her sad, tragic and untimely death. Times, Sunday Times
Still, although he certainly has a voice, the literary cost of his boyish naivety is that he is somewhat empty as a character.
His naivety recalled that of the builders of Aswan and Glen Canyon dams. John Thompson: Creating Educational Monocultures
She was famous for portraying naïvety and innocence on stage, qualities far removed from her real-life personality.
What's laughable is not the former dictator's skivvies, but military leaders' naivety about the media world we now live in.
At worst, he would construe it as an act of such unutterable naivety that it could only be interpreted as being malign in intent. BLACK EAGLES
My personal definition of naivety is based on the time we had a warmish day in February in Albany, NY and I thought, Hey, so maybe spring is early this year. Matthew Yglesias » Wintry Mix Will Tear Us Apart
There is a naivety here, but it is underpinned either by extreme arrogance or extreme stupidity. Times, Sunday Times
Walking down what used to be bustling Ivegate, I saw all the white splodges on the flags and in my naivety thought they were the results of the flocks of starlings that used to roost in Bradford.
But isn't it telling of the naivety of the people who were duped by the claim that they could get a tan from their computer? The Sun
ACADEMIC NONSENSE, SCIENCE, AND TORAH ... the naivety of the standard claim that Torah is anti-Science WN.com - Articles related to Pamela Cox: Latin America enters decade with more clout
She swiftly loses her naivety in the maelstrom of court life, and becomes a formidable politician. 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
Your editorial last week showed a naivety bordering on crass stupidity when you argued that smoking in pubs should be a matter of choice.
Yet Niebuhr also spent much of his life inveighing against the naivety of liberalism, as in his most famous book, Moral Man and Immoral Society.
Naivety is not for children only . Its enduring persistence adds wonder to our lives.
The account has a particular directness, a delightful naivety, and an enormous sense of authenticity.
Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.
It is one of naivety - that somehow the education will arrive without an invoice to pay. Times, Sunday Times
His work is a curious blend of sophistication and naivety.
Where once the talk was all of defensive "naivety", self-expression and the obligatory pre-match juju frenzy, neurotic defensive caution has taken over – vast rippling centre halves hoofing the ball miles downfield like a tiny balloon in those scrolling African skies. Gary Lineker's jokes have you itching for a touch of punk from Africa | Barney Ronay
And here, he offers offers some geopolitical naivety and moral equivalency that simply boggles the mind.
My humor and naivety around the film world paid off!
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
I wanted to show the very fine line between innocence, naivety and denial.
Is this the voice of experience or eager naivety?
Unfortunately, he is a compulsive liar whose naivety and innocence allows him to get away with the most convoluted stories.
But isn't it telling of the naivety of the people who were duped by the claim that they could get a tan from their computer? The Sun
We end, as we must, with an act of forgiveness but its sweet naivety is tinged with the bittersweet taste of experience. Times, Sunday Times
Yet the naivety affined to adult awareness in these few, precious lines, creates a uniquely tender perspective on horror. The Times Literary Supplement
So when she said that she decided to stay on as there was important work to do afterwards, I grinned at the splendid naivety of her egotism.
Are we seeing genuine awkwardness here, or a naivety being deliberately and humorously deployed - and does she know the difference, or care much either way?
And memories of one's naivety are always painful.
I certainly understood her dislike of her classmates and her annoyance at their naivety.
Mozart's music is characterized by its naivety and clarity.
He's someone who learned the hard way about how naivety is exploited on that scene, with underage actors blithely cast in barebacking scenes by studio guys who pay little attention to age certification legislation. Archive 2010-06-01
The parliamentary party demonstrated its naivety when it returned in boisterous mood after the general election, having gained more than 30 seats.
Looking back now, my trust in some sort of mythical cosmic calculation seems almost childlike in its naivety. Times, Sunday Times
It takes patience to face the withdrawn emotion and infused skepticism that washes ashore behind the crest of naivety. Christianity Today
The young woman and the old woman between them illustrate the chasms between hope and disillusionment, between naivety and experience.
Unfortunately, he is a compulsive liar whose naivety and innocence allows him to get away with the most convoluted stories.
His work is a curious blend of sophistication and naivety.
I do teach with the rider that to follow what I say in political naivety is just to write a suicide note. See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
If I had to guess I would say Obama thinks that by smacking Israel around he’ll get Arab help with Iran (his naivety is charming to be sure) - or that Israel is about to bomb Iran and Obama is running for cover. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Strange Thing About the Controversy Over Jerusalem
It contains ideological elasticity leniencyand displays ancient Greeks naivety and and healthy spiritual nature.
If it were solely a matter of the site blooper, then the error might be put down to dumbness and naivety.
To some people, this will seem an unwarranted naivety about the power of free speech in civil society to weed out cultural oppression.

How To Use Naivety In A Sentence

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