Naivety
ahd-5
noun.
Artlessness or credulity; naiveté.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as
naïveté
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Naïveté.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Alternative spelling of
naïveté
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
lack of sophistication or worldliness
Word Usage
"This naivety is the reason Nigerians want to give you millions of dollars for helping them move their fortunes to U.S. bank accounts."
Equivalent
naïvety
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
quality
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
artlessness
credulousness
gullibility
ingenuousness
innocence
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Unitarian
but
bw/day
complacence
crossness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
naive
naïvet