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naive Definition


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naive
naïve
adj naiver, naivest
    1. Simple, innocent or unsophisticated.
      Thesaurus: ingenuous, unaffected, innocent, artless, candid, childlike, unschooled, jejune, ignorant, callow, natural, green, guileless, facile; Antonym: experienced, sophisticated.
    2. derog
      Too trusting; credulous; not worldly enough.
Derivative: naively
adverb
    Derivative: naivety
      Excessive trust or innocence.
        Thesaurus: ingenuousness, artlessness, candor, gullibility, simplicity, childishness, inexperience, innocence.
      An act, statement or behaviour that is naïve.
    Etymology: 17c: French (naïve) feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus native.



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