Naivete

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Naivet'e \Na`["i]ve`t['e]"\, n. [F. See {Na["i]ve}, and cf.
     {Nativity}.]
     1. The state or quality of being naive; lack of
        sophistication or worldliness.
  
     Syn: naivete, naiveness.


          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
  
                A story which pleases me by its na["i]vet['e] --
                that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. --De
                                                    Quincey.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An act displaying naivete; a naive remark or action.
        [PJC] naivety

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  naivete
       n : lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivety}, {naiveness}]
           [ant: {sophistication}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "naivete":
     artlessness, bluffness, bluntness, candor, childlikeness,
     cullibility, deceivability, directness, dupability, easiness,
     greenness, guilelessness, gullibility, hoaxability, ingenuousness,
     innocence, naiveness, naivety, openheartedness, openness,
     outspokenness, persuadability, plainness, seduceability,
     simpleheartedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity,
     sincerity, single-heartedness, single-mindedness,
     singleness of heart, softness, trustfulness, unguardedness,
     unsophisticatedness, unsophistication, unsuspiciousness,
     unwariness, weakness