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naivete

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But we were attempting a deliberate naiveté, a decision to approach these books as if they might have something to teach us.

But aging Jonas also has the perhaps unintended effect of making his naiveté seem slightly imbecilic.

The whole point of being a pageant queen is to trot around in your bikini to be ogled at while feigning sexual naiveté.

It really points to the naiveté of the people on the right because this is a human story.

That vivacious naiveté has served him well, universalizing much of what he writes.

He thought of Hilda separately, and he looked for her upon the boards with the naiveté of a desire to see the woman he knew.

They were more sincere, open-hearted, and passionate, as artists are; they exhibited a kind of child-like naiveté.

He seemed older: the sentimental naiveté that had been always in his face seemed now entirely to have left him.

"But I am not hungry," said the baby, with most interesting naiveté.

In applying this test to Pamela, the author of Pamela Censured displays a curious mixture of naiveté and sophistication.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to naiveté, such as: artlessness, candor, frankness, simplicity, inexperience, and naturalness.

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

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