Definitions
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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