naivetes
Instances of gullibility
Naivetes is the plural of naivete, referring to multiple instances or types of innocent inexperience or simplistic thinking.
The word appears when cataloguing separate failures of sophistication: The naivetes of youth are forgivable; those of middle age less so.
His political naivetes kept accumulating until no one took him seriously.
Quality of youthful naivety
- artlessnessSincere, unfeigned manner
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
freshness · purity · openness · trustfulness · candidness · unsophistication · inexperience · greenness
Local speech or attitudes
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- amateurishnessLack of skilled refinement
- gaucheriesTactless social blunders
awkwardness · unworldliness · simpleness · rusticity · uncultivated · unpolished · unrefined · narrow-mindedness
Readiness to believe anything
- foolishnessUnwise conduct
- susceptibilitiesProneness to being affected
- dupesDeceives or victims
- marksVisible signs or grades
trusting · exploitable · manipulable · deceived · swindled · conned · hoodwinked · bamboozled
childlikeness
Quality of youthful naivety
- artlessnessSincere, unfeigned manner
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
unworldliness · freshness · purity · openness · trustfulness · candidness · unsophistication · inexperience · greenness · wide-eyed
provincialisms
Local speech or attitudes
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- amateurishnessLack of skilled refinement
gaucheries · awkwardness · unworldliness · simpleness · rusticity · uncultivated · unpolished · unrefined · narrow-mindedness · sheltered
credulities
Readiness to believe anything
- foolishnessUnwise conduct
- susceptibilitiesProneness to being affected
- dupesDeceives or victims
marks · trusting · exploitable · manipulable · deceived · swindled · conned · hoodwinked · bamboozled · simple-mindedness
naivetessophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
worldliness · worldly wisdom · experience · street smarts · savviness
naivetescynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
skepticism · distrust · suspicion · wariness · mistrust
naivetescunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
guile · craftiness · shrewdness · astuteness · wiliness