naiveté

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The central figure is Renia, from Poland, played with innumerable nuances, as her character evolves from naiveté to ruthless opportunism, by the off-Broadway stalwart Marin Ireland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

His flat, halting delivery and air of slightly baffled naiveté remain charmingly effective comic tools, just as they have been in his comedies dating back to when he played Ted “Theodore” Logan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

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

It might all be bluster, or naiveté, or the world’s most confident bluff.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

It was either an amazing feat of stubbornness or naiveté, I thought, for someone who had seen so much death and suffering to still believe so unconditionally that everyone was as stand-up as he was.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken