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naïveté

noun
/nɑˌiːvˈteɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïveté. See also nativity.

  1. borrowed from naïveté

Definitions

  1. Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness

    Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.

    • In poring over these vile and well-preserved folders full of antisemitica in the Foreign Ministry archives, one senses a naïveté, even earnestness among Sugihara's generation.

The neighborhood

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