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asyang : naive (adj.)

Derivatives of asyang


Glosses:
naive
adj. 1. naif, naivemarked 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"
~ credulousdisposed to believe on little evidence.; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
~ uninformednot informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public"
~ dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed, childlike, simpleexhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
~ credulousshowing a lack of judgment or experience.; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
~ fleeceable, gullible, greennaive and easily deceived or tricked.; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
~ ingenuous, innocentlacking in sophistication or worldliness.; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
~ simple-mindedlacking subtlety and insight.; "a simple-minded argument"
~ unsophisticated, unworldlynot wise in the ways of the world.; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"
~ unworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations.; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"
adj. 2. naive, primitiveof 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"
~ beaux arts, fine artsthe study and creation of visual works of art.
~ untrainednot disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training.; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"
adj. 3. naiveinexperienced.
~ innate, unconditioned, unlearnednot established by conditioning or learning.; "an unconditioned reflex"
adj. 4. naive, unenlightened, uninstructedlacking information or instruction.; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
~ uninformednot informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public"
adj. 5. naive, uninitiate, uninitiatednot initiated; deficient in relevant experience.; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
~ inexperienced, inexperientlacking practical experience or training.