naiveté
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She published her first professional writings jointly with Jules Sandeau, a law student whose youth, naiveté and intellectual precocity won the author’s affection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
Call it naiveté or just plain stupidity, but I showed up to my first day of class overconfident.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
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
Yet “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” got close to the truth by tapping into L.A.’s chaotic trifecta of of zealotry, naïveté and cynicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 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
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
My naïveté springs from the eternal hope brought to us by the Christmas season.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024
Adèle sang the canzonette tunefully enough, and with the naïveté of her age.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
But this is not, I believe, simply willful naivete, Erwin.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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
There it was again, the strange naivete with which Aunty Uju had covered herself like a blanket.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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