na["i]vet['e]

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Naivet'e \Na`["i]ve`t['e]"\, n. [F. See Na["i]ve, and cf. Nativity.]

1.The state or quality of being naive; lack of sophistication or worldliness.

Syn: naivete, naiveness. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 + PJC]

A story which pleases me by its na["i]vet['e]— that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. --De Quincey.[1913 Webster]

2.An act displaying naivete; a naive remark or action. [PJC] naivety