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BNC: 6356 COCA: 6114

naive

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naive adjective
or naïve /nɑˈiːv/ /naɪˈiːv/
naive
adjective
or naïve /nɑˈiːv/ /naɪˈiːv/
Learner's definition of NAIVE
[more naive; most naive]
: having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge : innocent or simple天真的,幼稚的:无知的

— naively

or naïvely adverb

— naïveté

also naivete or naiveté /nɑˌiːvˈteɪ/ /naɪˌiːvˈteɪ/ noun [noncount]

— naivety

also naïvety /nɑˈiːvəti/ /naɪˈiːvəti/ noun, chiefly British [noncount]
BNC: 6356 COCA: 6114

naive

adjective

na·​ive nä-ˈēv How to pronounce naive (audio)
nī-
variants or naïve
naiver; naivest
1
: marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous
"Coat!" said Russelton, with an appearance of the most naive surprise …; "coat, Sir Willoughby! do you call this thing a coat?" Edward Bulwer-Lytton
2
a
: deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
their naive ignorance of life … when they were first married Arnold Bennett
especially : credulous
… tells tall tales of the West to tweak naïve city slickers. Miriam Horn
b
: not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation
made the test with naive rats
also : not having previously used a particular drug (such as marijuana)
c
: not having been exposed previously to an antigen
naive T cells
3
b
: produced by or as if by a self-taught artist
naive murals
naively adverb
or naïvely
naiveness noun
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natural, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless mean free from pretension or calculation.

natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world.

her unaffected, natural manner

ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one's feelings or intentions.

the ingenuous enthusiasm of children

naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence.

politically naive

unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness.

unsophisticated adolescents

artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others.

artless charm

Example Sentences

Secularism requires a commitment to civil liberty, which rests partly on respect for civil disobedience—peaceful acts of conscience that challenge rules of law. If civil libertarianism is naïve, then so is the hope of secular government. Wendy Kaminer, Free Inquiry, December 2008/January 2009 He exhibits a naïve sort of confidence when talking about the doubts surrounding him and the perceived slights in the draft run-up. Peter King, Sports Illustrated, 1 May 2006 His crimes were described as mere bumps in the road, minor offenses committed by a man-boy described as innocent, naïve, trusting, a simple country boy who got lost in airports and was astonished to find out that he could order a pizza over the phone. Pat Jordan, Harper's, October 2004 a naive belief that all people are good a naive view of the world She asked a lot of naive questions. I was young and naive at the time, and I didn't think anything bad could happen to me. The plan seems a little naive. If you're naive enough to believe him, you'll believe anyone. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Gonis and everyone else thinks the name was stupid, naive and inappropriate, and no one is sure why the University of Illinois students chose it. courant.com, 7 Mar. 2022 Amelie Zilber has also joined grown-ish season 5 as Lauryn, a naive freshman who's a little shy and awkward and overcompensates in an attempt to mask her insecurities. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 17 Aug. 2022 The series will then show how that naive young woman became a conniving and formidable queen, who's played in the future timeline by British actress Samantha Morton. Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2022 The policy of engagement with China that Biden advocated in 1979 is maligned as a colossal blunder dreamed up by naive ivory-tower elites. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 In part, it's based on the fact that there's very few people who are immune-naive, so people feel rightly more impervious to a bad outcome. CBS News, 17 July 2022 Negotiating a prenuptial agreement, for instance, connotes bad faith, but forgoing one as Justin and Hailey Bieber did is considered risky and naive. Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 21 July 2022 It is still said a lot that contemporary African art is often naive and colorful, but this is not true. Y-jean Mun-delsalle, Forbes, 26 June 2022 Some opponents took to name-calling and attacked Collins for being naive or complicit. David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of naive was in 1614
BNC: 6356 COCA: 6114
naive

adjective

( naïve) VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBSappear, be, prove, seem, sound顯得經驗不足;幼稚;證明幼稚;好像天真;聽起來幼稚regard sth as認為⋯幼稚He regarded the move as politically naive.他認為這一舉措在政治上很幼稚。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常天真incredibly非常幼稚hopelessly幼稚得不可救藥a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略顯幼稚politically政治上幼稚PHRASEScall sb naive說某人幼稚Call me naive, but I believe him.說我幼稚吧,但我還是相信他的話。

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