variants also naïvety
chiefly British

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Recent Examples of naivety White, who died in 2021 just shy of her 100th birthday, played a widow and mother of five, Rose, who was known for her naivety. Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 And yet, the system continues to reduce people to diagnosis codes and protocol templates, often leaving naivety at the door. Colleen Reilly, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 The novel explores the line between age and consent, naivety and vulnerability and the space between. Hattie Williams july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025 In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey. Damon Wise, Deadline, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for naivety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naivety
Noun
  • Watching your character confront Giuliano and attempt to profess her innocence once again was intense.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Comey declared his innocence in a social media post and welcomed a trial.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, Lightfoot’s stubborn purity is surely why listeners recognize his sincerity in memorializing such a tragic event.
    John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In today’s digital world, jobs that require teens to disconnect from screens and interact face-to-face mean more time engaged in the real world around less time extricated in virtual naivete.
    Rachel Greszler, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, there’s an endearing naiveté to Hechinger’s performance.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Like in One Battle After Another, DiCaprio played buffoonish and vaguely incompetent, but Scorsese doesn’t weaponize his ignorance for laughs.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Also, don’t mistake your own ignorance & apathy as universal or admirable.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Smile Hair Clinic aims to achieve the highest density by maintaining naturalness.
    Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The naturalness bias is deeply ingrained in Kennedy’s MAHA campaign, which aims to improve public health by returning to a more natural lifestyle.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Naivety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naivety. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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