naive (noun)
1naive — UK / US or naïve UK [naɪˈiːv] / US [nɑˈɪv] adjective a) a naive person lacks experience of life and tends to trust other people and believe things too easily a naive 17 year old b) typical of a naive person a naive question Derived words: naively …
2naïve — naive UK / US or naïve UK [naɪˈiːv] / US [nɑˈɪv] adjective a) a naive person lacks experience of life and tends to trust other people and believe things too easily a naive 17 year old b) typical of a naive person a naive question Derived words:… …
3naive painting — noun Primitive painting • • • Main Entry: ↑naive …
4naive realism — noun (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived • Syn: ↑realism • Topics: ↑philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑philosophical doctrine, ↑philosophical theory …
5naive falsificationism — noun An invalid scientific philosophy in which any single instance of refuting data is enough to falsify the entire claim. Under naive falsificationism, the birth control pill would be considered as ineffective since there are instances (3 in… …
6naive — meaning ‘lacking experience or judgement’, is originally the feminine of the French word naïf, which is no longer used in English. It is generally pronounced in a quasi French way nah eev or niy eev, but it now spelt without an accent on the i.… …
7naive art — noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists • Syn: ↑outsider art, ↑self taught art, ↑vernacular art, ↑primitive art • Hypernyms: ↑genre …
8naive — or naïve adjective (naiver; est) Etymology: French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native Date: 1654 1. marked by unaffected simplicity ; artless, ingenuous 2. a. deficient in worldly wisdom or… …
9naive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, unsophisticated, unworldly, artless. See simpleness, credulity. Ant., knowing, sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingenuous, artless, unsophisticated, unaffected, innocent, simple …
10naive or naïve — na|ive or na|ïve [ na iv ] adjective a naive person lacks experience of life and tends to trust other people and believe things too easily: a naive 17 year old a. typical of a naive person: a naive question ╾ na|ive|ly adverb: Zoe naively thought …
