naiveté
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Simplicity is a discipline, not naïveté: Buffett avoided complexity not because he lacked skill, but because he recognized its dangers.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
More than hesitation or naïveté, the line suggests possibility: Maia is figuring out a new way to “make it,” and building a career on her own terms.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
It’s as if the film wants to consider the climactic confrontation of good and evil in “The Return of the King” through the goofy naïveté of “Paddington.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
He’s divided his characters along an axis of naïveté.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
Just here, Franny, in apparent despair at the naïveté of the question, struck her forehead with her hand.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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