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/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

naivety (countable and uncountable, plural naiveties)

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.