Crossword-Solution: NAIVETE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Naivete | n. | Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NAIVETE | anagram | NIEVETA, VENETIA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
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greedy person
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Sentences with NAIVETE (5)
Those formal phrases, the very flower of small-town proprieties, and the flat commonplaces, nearly all hypocritical in their origin, became very funny, very engaging, when they were uttered in Lena’s soft voice, with her caressing intonation and arch naivete.
The naivete and kindliness of the questioner makes it impossible to resent, though one may feebly try to parry his probing.
Hesiod’s charm lies in his child-like and sincere naivete, in his unaffected interest in and picturesque view of nature and all that happens in nature.
The reports these pioneers brought back of the _naivete_, politeness, and gullibility of the natives, and the cheapness of existence in their cities, caused a general exodus from the western to the eastern hemisphere.
Like many of us, he has been captivated by her naturalness, her naivete, her clear good eyes,--that look of nature that is always art! May I relate the idyl of your tragic passion, dear Dubois, as an object lesson?" The Frenchman bowed, and signed William to proceed.
Quotes with NAIVETE (3)
Surely--But I am very off from that. From surely. From indeed. From the decent arrowthat was my clean naivete and my faith. This morning, men deliver wounds and death. They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow. And I doubt all. You. Or a violet.
But it seems to me to be an imperfection in things of beauty, and a weakness in man, if an explanation from the shallow-side has a destructive effect. The horror which we feel for Freudian interpretations is entirely due to our own barbaric or childish naivete, which believes that there can be heights without corresponding depths, and which blinds us to the really "final" truth that, when carried to extremes, opposites meet.
It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 52 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).