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Word: Naivete
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
French, from naïf, -ive (see naive)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
nʌɪˈiːv(ɪ)teɪ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
nɑːˈiːv(ɪ)teɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement; naivety
Short Definition:lack of experience or judgement
Examples:- his greatest fault was his political naïveté
Variant Forms:
- naïveté
Word: Naivete
Speech Type: Other
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