Meaning Of The Word Naive

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naive
If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind.

naive in American English
unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless
adjective: having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous

naive in British English
adjective: having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous

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