naivety

Definitions

Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.

The quality of being artless, credulous, or unaffected.

Examples

His naivety led him to believe that the scammer was actually a wealthy prince.

She eventually lost her youthful naivety after years of working in the cutthroat corporate world.

Synonyms

innocence credulity gullibility ingenuousness unsophistication artlessness simplicity

Antonyms

cynicism worldliness sophistication shrewdness skepticism astuteness guile