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naïveté

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /nɑˌiːvˈteɪ/
  • /nɑˌiːvəˈteɪ/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naiveness, naivety

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïveté. See also nativity.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միամտություն (miamtutʻyun) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Azerbaijani: sadəlöhvlük — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Belarusian: наі́ўнасць (naíwnascʹ) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Bulgarian: наи́вност (naívnost) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Catalan: candidesa — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Catalan: ingenuïtat — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天真 (tiānzhēn) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Czech: naivnost — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Dutch: naïveteit — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Dutch: naïviteit — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Esperanto: naiveco — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Estonian: naiivsus — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Finnish: sinisilmäisyys — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Finnish: naiivius — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • French: naïveté — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Galician: inxenuidade — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • German: Naivität — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Greek: αφέλεια (aféleia) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Ancient Greek: τὸ ἀπειρόκακον (tò apeirókakon) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Hebrew: תְּמִימוּת (tmimút) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Hungarian: naivitás — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Korean: 순진 (sunjin) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Latvian: naivitāte — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Luxembourgish: Naivitéit — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Norwegian: naivitet — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Polish: naiwność — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Portuguese: ingenuidade — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Russian: наи́вность (naívnostʹ) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Slovak: naivnosť — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Spanish: ingenuidad — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Swedish: naivitet — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity
  • Ukrainian: наї́вність (najívnistʹ) — lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity