English > naivety: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | lack of sophistication or worldliness. |
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| Synonyms | naivete, naiveness |
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| Narrower | artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness | The quality of innocent naivete |
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| credulousness, gullibility | tendency to believe too readily and therefore / therefore to be easily deceived / deceived |
| simplicity, simpleness, simple mindedness | A lack of penetration or subtlety |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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| Opposite | sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity | The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment |
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| Spanish | candor, ingenuidad, sencillez |
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| Catalan | candidesa, candor, ingenuïtat, senzillesa |
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