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- noun Lack of
sophistication ,experience ,judgement orworldliness ;artlessness ;gullibility ;credulity .
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- noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
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Examples
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I expect the naiveness from the college kids, but you adults who have been voting for awhile should know better!
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I cannot find the words to express my amazement at people's vanity and naiveness.
New Year honours: Business as usual despite 'big society' call from Cameron 2010
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Maybe young and stupid sometimes, but sometimes that naiveness, it's a little scary.
Virginia, St. John's search for pitchers for NCAA elimination game 2010
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Too little too late, Obama has lost the people he needs to win in November, his lies, constant flip flops, and naiveness … All on video, they will rip him apart once the nomination is over, and it will all be his fault.
Bill Clinton to Speak at Denver Convention - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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As this strategy unfolds, Iranians will pay in lost independence or in blood for the naiveness of its secularized youth and for the mistake the mullahs made in trusting Mousavi.
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As this strategy unfolds, Iranians will pay in lost independence or in blood for the naiveness of its secularized youth and for the mistake the mullahs made in trusting Mousavi.
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She's turning it into a race about Kindergarten essays and her main rivals 'naiveness.
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It is irresponsible and shows your naiveness (sp?) and inexperience with dealing with other people.
Clinton: We Will "Totally Obliterate" Iran If They Attack Israel 2009
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Both naiveness and naivete are both nouns and can be used in this instance.
Obama Expected To Lose Big In Today's West Virginia Primary 2009
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Her wide saucer eyes just make her discoveries all that much more sweet and really re-emphasize the innocence and naiveness she brings to Death.
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