NAIVENESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does naiveness mean? • NAIVENESS (noun)
The noun NAIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. lack of sophistication or worldliness
Familiarity information: NAIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NAIVENESS (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of sophistication or worldliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
naiveness; naivete; naivety
Hypernyms ("naiveness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naiveness"):
artlessness; ingenuousness; innocence; naturalness (the quality of innocent naivete)
credulousness; gullibility (tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived)
simple mindedness; simpleness; simplicity (a lack of penetration or subtlety)
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