naif
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It’s a classic hero’s journey as the young naïf leaves home and learns the harsh truth about the world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
It’s something of a wonder to watch Sweeney as she undertakes Sister Cecilia’s journey, transforming from a meek naïf into something unexpected and wild, her pious discipline falling away with every indignity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
Much of the criticism of Ms. Swift, meanwhile, seems tinged with condescension, suggesting that a 33-year-old female pop star is a gullible naïf, ripe for bamboozling by political operators.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
One of the greatest tragedies of the Messenger is a hypothetical left unfulfilled: What could someone who wasn’t a complete naïf have done with a $50 million investment in a media company?
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024
He joined in it, but with a naïf uneasiness.
From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth
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