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NaIvete

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Na`Ive`te´
n.1.The state or quality of being naive.
A story which pleases me by its naïveté - that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness.
- De Quincey.
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Noun1.naivete - lack of sophistication or worldliness
naiveness, naivety
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness - the quality of innocent naivete
credulousness, gullibility - tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
simple mindedness, simpleness, simplicity - a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity"
mundaneness, mundanity, worldliness, sophistication - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment


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Hesiod's charm lies in his child-like and sincere naivete, in his unaffected interest in and picturesque view of nature and all that happens in nature.
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"Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous," she interjoined, with excessive naivete.
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Like many of us, he has been captivated by her naturalness, her naivete, her clear good eyes,--that look of nature that is always art
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