Hypertext Webster Gateway: "naivete"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Naivet'e \Na`["i]ve`t['e]"\, n. [F. See {Na["i]ve}, and cf.
{Nativity}.]
Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness;
artlessness.
A story which pleases me by its na["i]vet['e] -- that
is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
naivete
n : lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivety}, {naiveness}]
[ant: {sophistication}]
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