naiveness
- noun
- /neɪv.nəs/
:
ingenuidad
- Her naiveness made her believe that everyone had good intentions.
My night my my naiveness as a young woman or girl, that's what helped me get to that job.
- My night my my naiveness as a young woman or girl, that's what helped me get to that job.
- And I think with hope and optimism, not naiveness, but optimism, you can actually create the better world.
- So there's a bit of naiveness to it and there's a bit of belief, I guess that has to come with it.
Examples
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So there's a bit of naiveness to it and there's a bit of belief, I guess that has to come with it.
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And I think with hope and optimism, not naiveness, but optimism, you can actually create the better world.
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My night my my naiveness as a young woman or girl, that's what helped me get to that job.
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The naiveness of the children was evident when they trusted a stranger with their secrets.
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Despite his naiveness, he approached the world with an open heart and a sunny disposition.
Synonyms
100
3.5
Not knowing about the hard or bad parts of life
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7.9
A lack of experience or good judgment that makes someone easy to trick
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6.1
Lack of experience or common sense that makes someone trust others easily
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8.1
Being trusting and easily fooled because of little experience
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3.9
Behaving like a child, not like an adult
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7.2
A way of thinking that is not careful or deep
The quality of being too trusting and lacking life experience
A lack of experience and knowledge of the wider world that makes a person seem simple
A lack of interest in practical things, often focusing on moral or spiritual values
Being too quick to trust people and not thinking deeply
Antonyms
How Naive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Naiveness comes from the word naive, which originally meant 'natural' or 'born' and is related to the familiar word native. So naiveness suggests a natural, simple way of seeing things — being innocent or lacking life experience.