Definition of naiveté

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na·ive·té or na·ïve·té    (nv-t, nä-, n-v-t, nä-) KEY  

NOUN:

1. The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical.
2. An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French naïveté, from Old French naivete, native disposition, from naif, artless ; see naive

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