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naivety

/naɪˈiːvəti/noun

उच्चारण नाइईवटी

भोलापन, नादानी

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noun
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    lack of experience of life, knowledge or good judgement and a willingness to believe that people always tell you the truth

    भोलापन, नादानी

    • She showed naivety in trusting strangers.
    • Her naivety made her easy prey for the fraudster.
    • His naivety about money meant he lost his savings to a fake scheme.
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    • The naivety of the young teacher touched everyone.
    • It was sheer naivety to believe that the offer was free.

    Synonyms innocence gullibility credulity inexperience simplicity

    Opposite sophistication worldliness experience shrewdness

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naive adj.
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Keep the innocent words together: naive (lacking experience), gullible (easily tricked), credulous (believing things too easily), ingenuous (innocent and trusting), green (informal, inexperienced).

भोलेपन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: naive (अनुभवहीन), gullible (आसानी से ठगा जाने वाला), credulous (बहुत जल्दी विश्वास करने वाला), ingenuous (भोला और विश्वासी), green (अनौपचारिक, अनुभवहीन)।