naiveté

Indeed, a certain amount of failure is written into the character, with his mix of optimistic naivete and self-puncturing pride, a combination LeBlanc is skilled at bringing to life.

The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.

The premise of these is that the war was misguided and fruitless, a product of post-9/11 irrationalism and naiveté about the Middle East.

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

The idea that they should apply broadly to other people is ridiculous, and implies, I think, a level of naivete and that people don’t know what they’re talking about.