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also naivete
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the quality or state of being simple and sincere<her naïveté led her to leave her new bike outside the mall unchained while she shopped>Synonymsartlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldlinessRelated Wordscandor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, openness, sincerity, straightforwardness; callowness, childishness, inexperience, rawness; carelessness, heedlessness; ignorance, obliviousness, unawareness; credulity, credulousness, gullibility; idealism, impracticality, optimismNear Antonymsaffectedness, artificiality, pretentiousness; deviousness, dishonesty, insincerity; disbelief, doubtfulness, incredulity, suspiciousness; carefulness, caution, wariness; pessimism, skepticism; maturityAntonymsartfulness, cynicism, sophistication, worldliness
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readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence<though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter assumed an air of naïveté when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public>— see credulity
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