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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
naive
1. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience (Freq. 6)
- 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
• Syn:
naif
• Ant:
sophisticated
• Similar to:
childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple,
credulous, fleeceable, green, gullible, innocent, ingenuous,
simple-minded, unsophisticated, unworldly
• See Also:
credulous, uninformed, unworldly
• Derivationally related forms:
naiveness
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
• Similar to:
untrained
• Topics:
fine arts, beaux arts
3. inexperienced
• Similar to:
unconditioned, innate, unlearned
• Derivationally related forms:
naiveness
4. lacking information or instruction
- lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
• Syn:
uninstructed, unenlightened
• Similar to:
uninformed
• Derivationally related forms:
naiveness
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
• Similar to:
inexperienced, inexperient
• Derivationally related forms:
naiveness, uninitiate (for: uninitiate)
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