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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Naivet'e  \Na`["i]ve`t['e]"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Na["i]ve},  and  cf 
  {Nativity}.] 
  Native  simplicity;  unaffected  plainness  or  ingenuousness; 
  artlessness. 
 
  A  story  which  pleases  me  by  its  na["i]vet['e]  --  that 
  is  by  its  unconscious  ingenuousness.  --De  Quincey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  naivete 
  n  :  lack  of  sophistication  or  worldliness  [syn:  {naivety},  {naiveness}] 
  [ant:  {sophistication}] 




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