Both Uses
naivete
in
The Brothers Karamazov
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- Do you hear that phrase uttered with such premature haste—'if not I'—the animal cunning, the naivete, the Karamazov impatience of it?†
Chpt 12 *naivete = lacking experience or sophistication
- I found in him, on the contrary, an extreme mistrustfulness concealed under a mask of naivete, and an intelligence of considerable range.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(naivete) inexperience, innocence, or lack of sophistication
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)