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naive

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/naɪˈiːv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/nɑˈiv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nä ēv′)

na•ive or na•ïve /nɑˈiv/USA pronunciation adj.

childlike and innocent.
showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment;
gullible.

na•ive•ly, adv. See -nat-.

na•ive (nä ēv′),USA pronunciation adj.

having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality;
unsophisticated;
ingenuous.
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 marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique:valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.

Also, na•ïve′.

Latin nātīvus native
French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif natural, instinctive
1645–55

na•ive′ly, adv.
na•ive′ness, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

naive, naïve /naɪˈiːv/naïf adj

having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism: a naive argument

rare a person who is naive, esp in artistic style

Etymology: 17th Century: from French, feminine of naïf, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin nātīvus native, from nasci to be bornnaˈively, naˈïvely, naˈïfly adv naˈiveness, naˈïveness, naˈïfness n

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