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单词 naïveté
释义

naïvetén.

Brit. /nʌɪˈiːv(ᵻ)teɪ/, /nɑːˈiːv(ᵻ)teɪ/, U.S. /ˌnɑˌiv(ə)ˈteɪ/
Forms: 1600s–1700s naivetè, 1700s– naiveté, 1700s– naïveté.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French naïveté.
Etymology: < French naïveté (late 16th cent. in Middle French in sense 2, apparently attested only from 1680 in sense 1; attested earlier in sense ‘natural character’ (mid 13th cent. in Old French)) < naïve naive adj. + -té -ty suffix1. Compare later naivety n.
1. An instance or case of artlessness, foolishness, or lack of judgement; a naive action, remark, etc. Cf. naivety n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence > action or remark
naïveté1673
naivety1841
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 36 Such an innocent piece of simplicity; 'twas such a naivetè.
1756 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 18 Mar. I have nothing more to tell but a naïveté of my Lady Coventry.
1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick I. x. 91 A kind of droll farce, full of ridiculous incidents, and certain bon mots, called naivetès.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 390 The affection of the Greeks for the grasshopper is one of their most charming naïvetés.
1895 Atlantic Monthly 75 287 Théophile Gautier led the attack, with a criticism more delicious to present ears than the naïvetés of the piece itself.
1943 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 37 839 This ‘realistic’ genius had his naïvetés.
1997 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 24 571 Many [taxonomic specialists]..have helped remove naivetés from our treatment of their groups.
2. The state or quality of being naive; innocence, artlessness, absence of pretence; (in later use also) lack of experience, judgement, or wisdom. Cf. naivety n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence
simplesse1372
simplenessa1382
innocencec1385
simplicitya1500
innocencya1513
ingenuousness1611
plain-heartedness1647
artlessness1663
naivety1708
naïveté1725
acacy1727
simple-heartedness1822
simple-mindedness1827
naiveness1854
onefoldness1887
authenticity1910
1725 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 49 I,..with great Naïveté, desir'd to explain with her upon the Subject.
1729 R. Samber in tr. C. Perrault Histories Ded. sig. A4 They..are told with such a Naiveté, and natural innocent Simplicity, that not only children..will..find in them uncommon Pleasure and Delight.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. v. 163 Sometimes she was compelled to smile at the naïveté of Annette.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. ix. 154 He had a sort of naiveté and openness of demeanour. View more context for this quotation
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 8 We have frequent examples of this naïveté of sentiment in the old mosaics.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude xii. 253 The naïveté of his eager preference of Cicero's opinions to King David's.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lviii. 298 He was amused at her naïveté and slightly touched.
1946 Liberty 25 May 35/2 Her naïveté fell flat when you noted the heavy artistry with the lipstick.
1997 J. Seabrook Deeper iv. 94 In my trusting, doglike naïveté, I actually thought they were writing to thank me for giving them a plug.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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