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Definition of 'naive'

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Adjective

  1. 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
       Antonyms: sophisticated
  2. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
       Synonyms: primitive
  3. inexperienced
  4. lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
       Synonyms: uninstructed unenlightened
  5. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
       Synonyms: uninitiate uninitiated


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