Find the word definition

Crossword clues for naivety

The Collaborative International Dictionary
naivety

naivety \na*iv"e*ty\, Naivety \Na"["i]ve`ty\, n. Na["i]vet['e].
--Carlyle.

Wiktionary
naivety

alt. (alternative spelling of naïveté English) n. (alternative spelling of naïveté English)

WordNet
naivety

n. lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: naivete, naiveness] [ant: sophistication]

Wikipedia
Naivety

Naivety (or naïvety or naïveté) is the state of being naïve, that is to say, having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication, often in a context where one neglects pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. One who is "naïve" may be called a naïf.

Usage examples of "naivety".

The look he got implied that seldom had Nurse Radcliffe come across such depths of naivety.

There was a certain girlish naivety hidden beneath the bleached blonde hair and outrageous boobs.

This is to say the Afro- American characteristics which have been generally thought of as being African and primitive--his naivety, his exuberance and his spontaneity--are, in reality, his response to his American experience and not a part of his African heritage.

There was a sort of visual naivety at work there that verged on the hallucinogenic, but it did, I'd argue, make a warped sort of visual sense.