| A figurative pat on the head is worthless if youthful naivete is allowed to grow and flourish in a delusive psyche. |
| Bad management, business naivete, and outright trickery resulted in years of legal tussles and lost revenue. |
| Maybe they're guilty of collective naivete, but I've grown fond of American optimism. |
| But, while his play attacks residual imperialism and liberal naivete, it fictionalises a story that cries out for more direct factual treatment. |
| Aren't those who shake their heads at our foolishness and naivete more deserving of the label? |
| Here, the mise-en-scene becomes almost televisual, with a flat, unidimensional naivete and bloodless characters. |
