noun
Meaning 1
naïveté
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
naivety
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/nɑːˈiːvti/
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/nɑːˈiːvəti/
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noun
Meaning 2
lack of sophistication or worldliness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: naivete, naiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness, credulousness, gullibility, simplicity, simpleness, simple mindedness
History
Etymology
From naive + -ity, English analogue of naïveté (naïf + -eté) borrowed from French.