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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
rarea person who is naive, esp in artistic style See primitive
Usage
Other 51Թ Forms
- naively adverb
- naiveness noun
- unnaive adjective
- ԲˈԱ noun
- Բˈ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of naive1
Example Sentences
“Murderbot’s job will get harder and harder trying to protect these very lovely but also quite naive and inexperienced humans,” Skarsgård says.
It would be naive to think AI sentience will unfold any differently.
When they finally spoke publicly, to Rolling Stone, they confessed to being naive about how the music industry consolidation was harming bands.
He's also extremely naive and ignorant, even after having already been president once.
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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