naïveté

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  1. 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. Mrs. M'Catchley was amused and pleased with his freshness and naïveté, so unlike anything she had ever heard or seen. Bulwer, My Novel, v. 8.

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  1. French, from Late Latin nativita (t-)s, nativeness: see nativity, naïf, naïve.
 

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