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    NAIVETY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lack of sophistication or worldlinessplay

    Synonyms:

    naiveness; naivete; naivety

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("naivety" is a kind of...):

    quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naivety"):

    artlessness; ingenuousness; innocence; naturalness (the quality of innocent naivete)

    credulousness; gullibility (tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived)

    simple mindedness; simpleness; simplicity (a lack of penetration or subtlety)

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