naiveté

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“The regime’s naiveté was to believe missile programs could make up for the lack of a capable air force,” said Saeid Golkar, an Iran expert at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In his hands, the naiveté of a given era’s technology becomes poignant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Here, Pescovitz’s sardonic exasperation plays perfectly against Simmons’ stubborn amorality and Farwell’s buoyant naiveté.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Nor does she take the easy route of mistaking a young woman’s naiveté for passivity or victimhood, qualities that could scarcely be more absent from Spaeny’s intensely watchful performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

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