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   naive

   /nʌɪˈiːv/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement: "the rather naive young man had been totally misled"
   • ▪ (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent: "Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled"
   • ▪ of 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.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.

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   • 1. naiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does naive mean?

   • NAIVE definition: 1. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general…. Learn more.

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   What does naiveness mean?

   • 2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. 3. marked by a simple style reflecting little or no formal training: naive painting. 4. not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal. na•ive′ness,n.

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   What does naiveté mean?

   • Naiveté definition: the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.. See examples of NAIVETÉ used in a sentence.

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   How do you describe a naive person?

   • If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind. It's naive to think that teachers are always tolerant. I must have been naive to think we would get my parents' blessing. ...naive idealists. Their view was that he had been politically naive.

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   too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience of life: She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her.

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   The meaning of NAIVE is marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous. How to use naive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Naive.

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   too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience: It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.

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   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.

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   adjective. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. “a teenager's naive ignorance of life” “the naive assumption that things can only get better” “this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances” synonyms: naif. credulous. disposed to believe on little evidence.

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   1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature; unsophisticated; ingenuous. 2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. 3. marked by a simple style reflecting little or no formal training: naive painting.

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   If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience, causing them to expect things to be uncomplicated or easy, or people to be honest or kind when they are not. I was naive to think they would agree.