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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.
  • noun An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of naïveté.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French naïveté, from Old French naivete, native disposition, from naif, artless; see naive.]

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