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naive

Or Բ·ï

[nah-eev]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,
    Antonyms: ,
  3. having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique.

    valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.

  4. not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.



naive

/ Բɪˈː /

adjective

    1. having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous

    2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      only the naive believed him

  1. artless or unsophisticated

  2. lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism

    a naive argument

  3. another word for primitive

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rarea person who is naive, esp in artistic style See primitive

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

This word is spelled with a dieresis over the i (ï) in French, indicating that it is a separate vowel sound. Many people retain this spelling when writing in English.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • naively adverb
  • naiveness noun
  • unnaive adjective
  • ԲˈԱ noun
  • Բˈ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of naive1

First recorded in 1645–55; from French, feminine of Բï, Old French naif “natural, instinctive,” from Latin īܲ native
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of naive1

C17: from French, feminine of Բï, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin īܲ native , from nasci to be born
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“Murderbot’s job will get harder and harder trying to protect these very lovely but also quite naive and inexperienced humans,” Skarsgård says.

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It would be naive to think AI sentience will unfold any differently.

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When they finally spoke publicly, to Rolling Stone, they confessed to being naive about how the music industry consolidation was harming bands.

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He's also extremely naive and ignorant, even after having already been president once.

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There’s also something naive and romantic and young about them, the idea of change being possible and the hope and the excitement is there.

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