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naivety

/nɑːˈiːvti/

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noun

  1. naïveté

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/nɑːˈiːvti/

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And plainly, too, they were a childlike and innocent lot; telling lies of the stateliest pattern with a most gentle and winning naivety, and ready and willing to listen to anybody else's lie, and believe it, too.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86