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Naivety (also spelled naïvety), naiveness, or naïveté is the state of being naive. It refers to an apparent or actual lack of experience and sophistication, often describing a neglect of pragmatism in favor of moral idealism .
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
Naive → Naivety – "Naive" is an adjective; the article should properly be about the concept of naivety, not the word "naive". Powers T 14:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC) The current title really only lends itself to being a dictionary definition. This article should probably be at naif. Except for the short "Science" section, that is the subject ...
Often heard in the same sentence as the word genre, as both are slang representing lack of clarity. se tasser: move over Europe: s'entasser: to be jammed in together. Ça se tasse, a situation where tempers settle down after a scandal or quarrel v'nir: to come In Quebec check les ben v'nir! In Europe, regarde le bien s'en venir
Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states: [1]. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. It is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior.
Cleft sentences are sentences that consist of two clauses, one of which is a copular clause and one of which is a relative clause, also known as a cleft clause. The copular clause consists of a copula followed by the cleft constituent. Cleft sentences are found in many European languages, including French.
[citation needed] Other reasons of apparent foolishness include naivety, gullibility, and credulity. Foolishness differs from stupidity, which is the lack of intelligence. [2] An act of foolishness is called folly. A person who is foolish is called a fool. The opposite of foolishness is prudence. [3]
Actress Mary Pickford played a number of ingénue roles. Actress Mildred Davis in 1923. The ingénue (UK: / ˈ æ̃ ʒ ə nj uː,-ʒ eɪ n-/, US: / ˈ æ n (d) ʒ ə nj uː, ˈ ɑː n-/, French: ⓘ) is a stock character in literature, film and a role type in the theater, generally a girl or a young woman, who is endearingly innocent.