Definitions for naive
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. naive, naifadjective

   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"

2. primitive, naiveadjective

   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"

3. naiveadjective

   inexperienced

4. uninstructed, unenlightened, naiveadjective

   lacking information or instruction

   "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

5. uninitiate, uninitiated, naiveadjective

   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"

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. naiveadjective

   Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of politicians.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. naiveadjective

   Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement.

   Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!

2. naiveadjective

   Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

   I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

3. Etymology: From naïve, from nativus.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. Naiveadjective

   having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks

2. Etymology: [F. naf, fem. nave, fr. L. nativus innate, natural, native. See Native, and cf. Naf.]

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1. Naïve

   "Naïve" is a song by British indie rock band The Kooks and is featured on their debut album, Inside In/Inside Out. It was released 27 March 2006 as the fourth single from that album, charting at number five on the UK Singles Chart. The best-selling single of their careers, "Naïve" was also the UK's nineteenth best selling single of 2006. It has also done relatively well in New Zealand, reaching number 15 on the combined sales/airplay RIANZ chart. The song additionally charted in the United States, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart. Lily Allen did a cover of "Naïve" for a live session on the Jo Whiley show. Allen's version was featured on the soundtrack for the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. The Kooks' original version was featured on the soundtrack for the film 17 Again and on the fourth season, episode "Resolve" of the TV show One Tree Hill as well as on its third soundtrack "The Road Mix". The song has also been covered by former Sugababes member Mutya Buena as a B-side for her debut single "Real Girl". It placed at #87 in triple j's Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years being one of a few songs to debut in the countdown without having made a yearly list beforehand.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Naïve

   See Naïf.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. naive

   1. Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't ‘really good’ in the appropriate sense). This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or competence, or even competence at any other specific program. It is a sad commentary on the primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is often claimed to be experienced user but is really more like cynical user. 2. Said of an algorithm that doesn't take advantage of some superior but advanced technique, e.g., the bubble sort. It may imply naivete on the part of the programmer, although there are situations where a naive algorithm is preferred, because it is more important to keep the code comprehensible than to go for maximum performance. “I know the linear search is naive, but in this case the list typically only has half a dozen items.” Compare brute force.

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1. naive

   Song lyrics by naive -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by naive on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. naevi

2. navie

3. naevi

4. navie

5. Evian (brand name)

6. vinea

7. avine

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of naive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of naive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of naive in a Sentence

1. Stefan Lofven:

   Sweden has probably been naive, maybe it has been hard for us to accept that there are in our open society, right in our midst, people - Swedish citizens - who sympathise with the murderers in ISIL.

2. Stepan Poltorak:

   There is a threat still because the military groups of the (separatists)... and Russian troops continue to build up their forces, bringing additional equipment and ammunition and of course their plans are not peaceful, one should not be naive and think that Putin has given up his plans to seize Ukraine, to destabilize the situation in Ukraine. He's just changing his tactics and strategies, but his goal remains the same: to seize Ukraine.

3. Laura Ingraham:

   The problem is that they were a little naive about, in the case you brought up, allowing social workers to speak alone with their kids, sometimes social workers show up at the school so parents don't find out until after the fact and that can start a scenario that very quickly escalates to a threat to the parents' custody.

4. Yuval Steinitz:

   Those who think that giving Iran $ 150 billion will have no effect on Middle East are naive, it's like pouring fuel on the burning Middle East.

5. Meghan Markle:

   As naïve as it sounds now, I did not have any understanding of just what it would be like.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=naive
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=naive
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Naive
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naive
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=naive
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=naive
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Naive