Gullibility based on inexperience (7)

I believe the answer is:

naivete

(Other definitions for naivete that I've seen before include "Quality of innocent gullibility" , "Innocence or guillibility" , "Lack of worldliness" , "lack of experience" , "Being green" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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