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That kind of spoiled naïveté seems inexcusable in a clearly intelligent author who is pushing 30.

It was naïveté that made us believe if we kept knocking on those doors, someone was finally going to say yes.

VIRGO There is benefit in not having all the answers, even feigning a sort of naïveté.

Both kinds are equally popular in the camps, and both are of the most astounding naïveté.

She besought the King to pardon the Constable,—a request which proves how great was her naïveté.

Phelim cried with a genuine naïveté that at another time would have provoked a smile.

There is in a sense a certain naïveté in his measurement of the stranger.

Vincèn and Mirèio are charming in their naïveté, they are unspoiled and unreflecting.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to naïveté, such as: innocence, artlessness, callowness, candor, childishness, and credulity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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