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| callow |
lacking adult sophistication or judgment; inexperienced; immature. |
| flair |
sophistication or elegance in style, bearing, or manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| glitz |
(informal) extreme showiness or gaudy, ostentatious sophistication. |
| gosling |
someone who lacks sophistication or experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocence |
lack of sophistication or pretension; simplicity. [1/5 definitions] |
| man of the world |
a man of experience and sophistication. |
| metropolitan |
of or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in sophistication, culture, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| provincialism |
narrow-mindedness, lack of sophistication, or the like, associated with or considered the result of remoteness from urban centers of culture and intellectual activity. [1/2 definitions] |
| simple-hearted |
lacking sophistication, guile, or artfulness. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; not worldly-wise; provincial. [1/3 definitions] |
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