Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Native simplicity; a natural unreserved expression of sentiments and thoughts without regard to conventional rules, and without weighing the construction which may be put upon the language or conduct.
Wiktionary
- n. Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or quality of being naive.
- n. lack of sophistication or worldliness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. lack of sophistication or worldliness
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