variants also naïvety
chiefly British

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Recent Examples of naivety Unlike many child actors, Wright isn’t precocious so much as devastatingly genuine in her peculiar blend of wisdom and naivety. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025 Her daughter, 22, persistently tried to convince her of the scam, distressed by her mother’s naivety. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2025 The show navigated the stars' early domestic lives, with Simpson's apparent naivety endearing her to viewers. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Its designers' naivety shines through clearly, and its rough edges serve as clear reminders of why today's strict formalism has taken root, especially in AAA games where too-big budgets and payrolls leave no room at all for risk. Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for naivety
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Noun
  • The beginning of the finale reveals that the explosion originated in the laundry room, where Graham was trying to declare his innocence to Donnie and Crystal (Destiny Hernandez).
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
  • Earlier this week, as his legal team argued for his innocence, Peterson claimed to have been stabbed 14 times while behind bars.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • This post contains details about The Righteous Gemstones series finale episode ‘That Man of God May Be Complete’ The end is here, and Danny McBride is bidding farewell to The Righteous Gemstones with his signature absurdist brand of comedy, plus a rare dash of sincerity.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 May 2025
  • Perhaps what immortalizes their legacy is not the absence of friction, but the sincerity of his love.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Is there intimidation, naivete, fear of being alone?
    EW Staff, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • On the contrary, the narrative voice mixes naivete and disbelief.
    Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s disdain for classic neoliberal U.S. soft power — and for the values and institutions that uphold it — is likely to hurt American interests in just the same way his tariff regime and utter ignorance of real-world trade theory do.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
  • The pathos here thus depends largely on the reader’s total ignorance of Vietnamese.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025

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“Naivety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naivety. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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