naivety

See also: naïvety

English

Alternative forms

• naïvety, naivete, naïvete, naiveté, naïveté

Etymology

From naive +‎ -ity, English analogue of naïveté (naïf +‎ -eté) borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːˈiːvti/, /nɑːˈiːvəti/

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Noun

naivety (countable and uncountable, plural naiveties)

1. naïveté

Usage notes

• See usage notes at naïveté.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive

Translations

naïveté — see naïveté

Further reading

• “naivety”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• naivety, naïveté at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.