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    ‖Naïveté (?), n. [F. See Naïve, and cf. Nativity.]
    1. The state or quality of being naive; lack of sophistication or worldliness.

    Syn. -- naivete, naiveness.

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    A story which pleases me by its naïveté -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. De Quincey.

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    2. An act displaying naivete; a naive remark or action.

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