naiveté
Example Sentences
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“Dance No More” has a few squawky synths that hint at an appealingly analog ’80s feel, but everything is rendered so immaculately that any sense of naiveté is quickly snuffed out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
But Dougal’s naiveté does not preclude a sly sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
The way it has played out suggests either naiveté, or a cavalier disregard for the young people this law was intended to help.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 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
“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
