naivete

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Dictionary notes

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• naivety (anglicised form, less common)
• naïveté (after the original French)

[edit] Noun

naivete (plural naivetes)

1. Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.

[edit] Dictionary notes

• Webster’s Third New International Dictionary has one full entry for naïveté / naiveté, and a separate entry for naïvety as a synonym of the first. It does not list the spellings naivete, naïvete, or naivety in either entry.