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naive /nʌɪˈiːv / /nɑːˈiːv /(also naïve) adjective1(Of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement: the rather naive young man had been totally misled...- His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy.
- He has been particularly criticized for lack of military experience and naive views of warfare.
- They were naive with respect to the purpose of the experiment and none of them had participated in the previous experiment.
1.1(Of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent: Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled...- In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy.
- In many ways, Joseph was naïve and innocent in his thinking.
- She was terribly naïve and innocent and I suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a group outing.
Synonyms innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, inexperienced, guileless, unworldly, childlike, trusting, trustful, dewy-eyed, starry-eyed, wide-eyed, fond, simple, natural, unaffected, unpretentious; gullible, credulous, easily taken in, easily deceived, unsuspecting, over-trusting, over-trustful, born yesterday, unsuspicious, deceivable, dupable, immature, callow, raw, green, as green as grass, ignorant informal wet behind the ears 1.2Of or denoting art produced in a style which deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child’s work, typically in bright colours with little or no perspective.His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art and Expressionism....- Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive viewpoint in the art world.
- The collection is striking in its combination of works from both the realms of art brut and naive art.
Derivativesnaiveness noun ...- Their futures in dealing with personal relationships - romantic and otherwise - will suffer from unfamiliarity and naiveness.
- I was a willing victim of the naiveness of youth.
- Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists.
OriginMid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus 'native, natural'. Rhymesachieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves |