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- noun Alternative spelling of
naïveté .
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Examples
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Clunky naivete is the hallmark of generic science fiction such as Laurence Gonzalez's novel "Lucy."
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When Jenn made her post, replete in naivete and bluster, I understood where she was coming from.
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The no-driving thing, for one, and the fact that he "got the Internet" only two years ago, and he phrases it that way, too -- "Got the Internet," the way parents "use the Google" -- though at times one wonders how much the naivete is shtick.
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The no-driving thing, for one, and the fact that he "got the Internet" only two years ago, and he phrases it that way, too -- "Got the Internet," the way parents "use the Google" -- though at times one wonders how much the naivete is shtick.
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When Jenn made her post, replete in naivete and bluster, I understood where she was coming from.
GUEST POST: Jennifer Brissett Weighs in on the Writer Pay Rate Flap
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Clunky naivete is the hallmark of generic science fiction such as Laurence Gonzalez's novel "Lucy."
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Knowing today what would soon to become of Germany thereafter, their naivete is chilling.
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Any attempt by us lowly hoi polloi to influence an “executive” decision is the ultimate in naivete and a ridiculous waste of time and effort.
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Clinton's critique of Obama's foreign policy naivete is based on two things he said last summer.
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Telling people who are outraged that their naivete is mockable is the moral equivalent of telling a teenager with a desire to become an artist that they're better off getting a secretarial job than trying for a scholarship, and they should plan for disappointment.
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