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naif

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na·if or na·ïf  (n-f, nä-)
adj. & n.
Variants of naive.
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Noun1.naif - a naive or inexperienced person
inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil
Adj.1.naif - 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"
naive
credulous - disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
uninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"
unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
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Pepys, who ultimately became Secretary to the Admiralty, and was a hard-working and very able naval official, was also astonishingly naif and vain.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
That is the great thing--to be free, to be frank, to be naif.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
Il est tres gentil et naif," she said again with the same smile.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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