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naive
[ nah-eev ]
adjective
- having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous:
She's so naive she believes everything she reads.
He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
- having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique:
valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
- not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.
naive
/ Բɪˈː /
adjective
- having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
only the naive believed him
- artless or unsophisticated
- lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism
a naive argument
- another word for primitive
noun
- rare.a person who is naive, esp in artistic style See primitive
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ԲˈԱ, noun
- Բˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- Բ·· adverb
- Բ··Ա noun
- ܲ·Բ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of naive1
Example Sentences
Ramsey also admitted to being "naive" about the public response to revealing they identify as non-binary and had received an autism diagnosis earlier this year.
"It was very naive from them collectively for the first time I've seen this season. They lost their way. I have never seen a Chelsea team fold in the way that they did."
And am I naive to think this is the triumphant call?
When you’re more naive, you think of it as like a noun, but it’s a doing thing.
Maybe Marine Le Pen was naive in not predicting this outcome.
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