naivety
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6.1
- noun
- /nɑːˈiːvəti/
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naivete
- I didn't realize my naivety in thinking it would be so simple.
- reveal the naivety
And so I think whether that was just naivety or not, it worked.
- And so I think whether that was just naivety or not, it worked.
- Like the cope is framing hope as naivety, right?
- So there could be a sense of, you know, naivety and ignorance to it.
- And that was a goal that was born out of insecure naivety, I guess.
- I thought like that and I think it was that naivety that, you know, just we're going to win.
- You know, like some of the really key failures were like the naivety that an exit is the Holy Grail.
- For most of us, we've lost that naivety, that curiosity that's necessary when we imagine things.
- And fucking naively, you need that naivety.
- I frankly think that this kind of naivety stands in no proportion to the power tech companies have.
- But I do think there's a real naivety around the inherent imbalances and problems that that can cause.
- And the thing about truth, that bitter truth, let's say that cynical truth, is it can break the shackles of naivety.
- That is called naivety from knowing it all.
- And if I can assure myself of failure on my terms, I never have to face naivety and failure on their terms.
- But more so than that, what I say is it's it's more of a naivety.
- I thought I'd come out looking all right, but I that's my naivety.
Examples
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We were all saying and doing things you do out of naivety and immaturity.
Blog text (8) -
His naivety made him believe that everyone had good intentions, despite the evidence to the contrary.
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And so I think whether that was just naivety or not, it worked.
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That is called naivety from knowing it all.
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You know, what I love most about you, Arthur, is your naivety.
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Just the perfect combination of optimism and naivety.
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On the other hand, it raises questions about the naivety of the Treasury Secretary.
Blog text (26) -
Subsequent experience would reveal the naivety of such hopes.
Academic text (1994) -
With the naivety of youth, Christopher ignored the dangers, and befriended them all.
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Your naivety is adorable.
Synonyms
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3.5
Not knowing about the hard or bad parts of life
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4.0
Not having enough skill or knowledge when doing something new
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7.9
A lack of experience or good judgment that makes someone easy to trick
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4.2
Not knowing what to do or how something works
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7.2
A way of thinking that is not careful or deep
A lack of experience and knowledge about how the world works
The quality of being too trusting and lacking life experience
Being too quick to trust people and not thinking deeply
A lack of experience and knowledge of the wider world that makes a person seem simple
Antonyms
How Naive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word naivety comes from the French naïf, which comes from the Latin nativus meaning 'born' or 'native'. Think of it like the word native or 'natural'—someone 'born' without much experience—so naivety means a simple, trusting lack of knowledge about the world.