Naivete
(pron. nah'-eve-ty). Ingenuous simplicity; the artless
innocence of one ignorant of the conventions of society. The term is
also applied to poetry, painting, and sculpture. The word is formed
from the Latin natus, natura, etc., meaning nature without art.
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