NAIVETE

naivete, naivety, naiveness

(noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

naivete (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of naïveté

Anagrams

• Venetia

Source: Wiktionary


Na`ïve`té", n. Etym: [F. See Naïve, and cf. Nativity.]

Definition: Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. A story which pleases me by its naïveté -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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