naive (adj.)

  1. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; a teenagers 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

    [ Syn: naif ]

  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

    [ Syn: primitive ]

  3. inexperienced

  4. lacking information or instruction; lamentably unenlightened as to the laws

    [ Syn: 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

    [ Syn: uninitiate , uninitiated ]

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