variants also naïvety
chiefly British

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Recent Examples of naivety My naivety was expunged in my first few weeks on the job post-graduation. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025 Innocence and naivety are lost during crises. Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 Related Articles Adding even more poignancy to the project is the voice of the narrator, an Italian woman in her 80s who had never acted before, and who expresses the bag’s thoughts with a blend of naivety, passion and sadness. Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for naivety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naivety
Noun
  • Diddy has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich , Brendan McDonald, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Trump has maintained his innocence and is appealing the rulings in two defamation lawsuits brought by Carroll.
    Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Experts point out that if Iran shows sincerity in negotiations and is willing to reach a substantive agreement to limit its nuclear program in the future, the situation in the Middle East may ease.
    , CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • Listening with sincerity is one of the most important skills in philanthropy work.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • This is the result of naivete: Who would want to hurt little old us?
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • The secret is that Spike’s know-nothing naivete encourages us to see the world through the eyes of someone who’s new to every part of it.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • In a system built on civilian oversight of military and diplomatic power, ignorance becomes a liability.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • But while the veteran Pole lured out of retirement is expected to be offered an extension of his one-year contract which expires on June 30, Barça will reportedly try and force captain Ter Stegen out of the club amid the German’s claims of ignorance on the matter.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

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