‖Na′ïve′té″ (?), n. [F. See Naïve, and cf. Nativity.] Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
A story which pleases me by its naïveté — that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. De Quincey.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.