Definition
Meaning of 'naive'
Meaning of 'naive' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Naive 
[ a.]
- Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;
frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated
remarks. [ a.]Meaning of 'naive' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. naive [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Example in sentence:
- 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
2. naive [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
- not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
Example in sentence:
- he took part in the experiment as a naive subject;
- it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
Meaning (3):
- lacking information or instruction
- lacking information or instruction
Example in sentence:
- lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Meaning (4):
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Example in sentence:
- primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
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