Usually means: Lack of experience, wisdom, sophistication.
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  1. naivete: Merriam-Webster
  2. naivete: Collins English Dictionary
  3. naivete: Vocabulary.com
  4. Naivete, naivete: Wordnik
  5. naivete: Wiktionary
  6. Naivet'e, naivete: Dictionary.com
  7. Naivete: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Naivete: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. naivete: Rhymezone
  10. Naivete: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. naivete: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. Naivete: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. naivete: FreeDictionary.org
  14. naivete: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. NaIvete: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of naïveté [Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.]

Similar:
naivety, naiveness, naivity, cluelessness, ignorance, obtuseness, Cynicism, arrogance, obliviousness, ingenuousness, more...

Opposite:
sophistication, worldliness, experience, astuteness

Types:
credulity, naiveté, innocence, ignorance, unworldliness, naïveté, gullibility, more...

Adjectives:
political, certain, own, such, charming, childlike, second, childish, much, apparent, youthful

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Similar:
naivety, naiveness, naivity, cluelessness, ignorance, obtuseness, Cynicism, arrogance, obliviousness, ingenuousness, more...

Opposite:
sophistication, worldliness, experience, astuteness

Types:
credulity, naiveté, innocence, ignorance, unworldliness, naïveté, gullibility, more...

Adjectives:
political, certain, own, such, charming, childlike, second, childish, much, apparent, youthful

Colors:
    pastel pink,     baby blue,     mint green,     lavender,     soft peach, more...



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