naiveté

Yet the noble aims of the academy begin to look like idealistic naiveté when a group of Dutch law students—who have lost much in the war—bristle at the mixed company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It is easy to laugh at the childlike naiveté of sending seeds to Mars, an idea that never germinated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

For other colleagues, Moshiri’s optimism could also be read as naiveté.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

It was either an amazing feat of stubbornness or naiveté, I thought, for someone who had seen so much death and suffering to still believe so unconditionally that everyone was as stand-up as he was.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Parker and Stone pivoted to “Team America: World Police,” a bomb-throwing comedy about our country’s napalm-strength combination of naïveté and swagger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

The combination of Mr. Black’s barely controlled craziness and Mr. Rudd’s cheerful gosh-darn naïveté makes the picture work, though the gags are uneven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

His naïveté and intellectual stubbornness also led Lilla to believe, as late as 2016, that the Bushes and the Clintons would continue to be the dynasts of their respective parties.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

“Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous,” she interjoined, with excessive naïveté.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Some of the clear-eyed naivete she had previously is gone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

"There is no naivete on the part of the opposition delegation," the source said, adding that it "must take advantage of this window of opportunity."

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

She has both Judy Garland’s bubbly conviction and wide-eyed naivete, along with the kind of comedic timing that few actors exhibit today.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Mr. Smith is an insightful filmmaker and “Bring Me the Beauties” is a stylishly constructed parable about naivete and spiritual emptiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Because she wasn’t from a professional family, she brought a kind of naivete to school with her.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times