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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
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Derived Forms
- ԲˈԱ, noun
- Բˈ, adverb
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- Բ··Ա noun
- ܲ·Բ· adjective
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Origin of naive1
Example Sentences
Maybe Marine Le Pen was naive in not predicting this outcome.
This woman is so naive that she genuinely believes Mrs. Doubtfire is real.
In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as "naive", "hostile" and "inappropriate".
"I didn't realise that you were supposed to let him win. I was a little naive," she told us.
"I think it's a little naive to say they're looking to win the Premier League because from where they are now, they're a long way off that," he said.
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