"naive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /naɪˈiːv/, /nɑːˈiːv/ Audio: En-us-naive.ogg [US] Forms: more naive [comparative], most naive [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|naïve}} French naïve, {{m|fr|naïf}} naïf, {{der|en|la|nativus||native, natural}} Latin nativus (“native, natural”), {{doublet|en|native}} Doublet of native Head templates: {{en-adj}} naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive)
  1. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. Translations (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement): sylesh (Albanian), makalush (Albanian), εὐήθης (euḗthēs) (Ancient Greek), ἀπειρόκακος (apeirókakos) (Ancient Greek), سَاذَج (sāḏaj) (Arabic), صيدة (ṣēdə) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), միամիտ (miamit) (Armenian), պարզամիտ (parzamit) (Armenian), sadəlöhv (Azerbaijani), inozo (Basque), наі́ўны (naíŭny) (Belarusian), наи́вен (naíven) (Bulgarian), ingenu (Catalan), càndid (Catalan), 天真 (thian-chin) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 幼稚 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 天真 (tin¹ zan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 幼稚 (jau³ zi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 天真 (tiānzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 幼稚 (yòuzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), anfel (Cornish), naivní (Czech), naiv (Danish), enfoldig (Danish), naïef (Dutch), tegen beter weten in (Dutch), naiva (Esperanto), naiivi (Finnish), naïf (French), ingénu (French), inxenuo (Galician), გულუბრყვილო (gulubrq̇vilo) (Georgian), მიამიტი (miamiṭi) (Georgian), unbefangen (German), naiv (German), blauäugig (German), αφελής (afelís) (Greek), 天天 (thiên-thiên) (Hakka Chinese), נָאִיבִי (na'ívi) (Hebrew), תָּמִים (tamím) (Hebrew), naiv (Hungarian), naiva (Ido), naif (Indonesian), soineanta (Irish), ingenuo (Italian), candido (Italian), semplice (Italian), spontaneo (Italian), credulone (Italian), sempliciotto (Italian), 無邪気な (mujaki na) (alt: むじゃきな) (Japanese), あどけない (adokenai) (Japanese), 순진하다 (sunjinhada) (Korean), 우직하다 (ujikhada) (Korean), 박직하다 (bakjikhada) (Korean), ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ (hai dīang sā) (Lao), credulus (Latin), simplex (Latin), naivs (Latvian), naiv (Luxembourgish), наивен (naiven) (Macedonian), tūpatokore (Maori), enfoldig (Norwegian), naiv (Norwegian Bokmål), godtroende (Norwegian Bokmål), naiv (Norwegian Nynorsk), ساده لوح (sâde-lowh) (Persian), خام (xâm) (Persian), ببو (babu) (Persian), naiwny (Polish), ingénuo [Portugal] (Portuguese), ingênuo [Brazil] (Portuguese), naiv (Romanian), наи́вный (naívnyj) (Russian), soineannta (Scottish Gaelic), на̏ӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȁīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), naivný (Slovak), naiven (Slovene), cándido (Spanish), ingenuo (Spanish), naiv (Swedish), blåögd (Swedish), oskyldig (Swedish), ไร้เดียงสา (rái-diiang-sǎa) (Thai), saf (Turkish), naif (Turkish), наї́вний (najívnyj) (Ukrainian), ngờ nghệch (Vietnamese), ngây thơ (Vietnamese), תּמימותדיק (temimesdik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-naive-en-adj-J95nm9ab Disambiguation of 'lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement': 88 3 3 7
  2. Not having been exposed to something.
    Sense id: en-naive-en-adj-xxm-PcjV
  3. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques. Translations ((art) simple, childlike style): простоду́шен (prostodúšen) (Bulgarian), naïf (Catalan), naivistinen (Finnish), naïf (French), naíf (Galician), ναΐφ (naḯf) (Greek), naiv (Norwegian Bokmål), naiv (Norwegian Nynorsk), naïf (Portuguese), простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) (Russian), naíf (Spanish), naif (Spanish), naif (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-naive-en-adj-yPlglfGl Disambiguation of '(art) simple, childlike style': 2 1 96 2
  4. (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem. Categories (topical): Computing, Personality
    Sense id: en-naive-en-adj-bRwRpu-r Disambiguation of Personality: 23 4 13 48 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 16 45 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: ignorant, inexperienced, foolish Hyponyms: ultracredulous Derived forms: drug naive, drug-naive, immunologically naive, naive falsificationism, naively, naiveness, naive realist, semi-naive Related terms: naif, naïf, naïveté, naivety, beginner, gullible, new

Noun

IPA: /naɪˈiːv/, /nɑːˈiːv/ Audio: En-us-naive.ogg [US] Forms: naives [plural]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|naïve}} French naïve, {{m|fr|naïf}} naïf, {{der|en|la|nativus||native, natural}} Latin nativus (“native, natural”), {{doublet|en|native}} Doublet of native Head templates: {{en-noun}} naive (plural naives)
  1. A naive person; a greenhorn.
    Sense id: en-naive-en-noun-rA8xbQ7t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naïve

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "jau³ zi⁶",
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          "code": "hak",
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          "roman": "thiên-thiên",
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          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "thian-chin",
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          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "tiānzhēn",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
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          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "enfoldig"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naïef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "tegen beter weten in"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naiva"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naiivi"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "ingénu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "inxenuo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gulubrq̇vilo",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "გულუბრყვილო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "miamiṭi",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "მიამიტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "unbefangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "blauäugig"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afelís",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "αφελής"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "euḗthēs",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "εὐήθης"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apeirókakos",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "ἀπειρόκακος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "na'ívi",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "נָאִיבִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tamím",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "תָּמִים"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naiv"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naiva"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "naif"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "soineanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "ingenuo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "candido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "semplice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "spontaneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "credulone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "sempliciotto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "alt": "むじゃきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mujaki na",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "無邪気な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "adokenai",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "あどけない"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sunjinhada",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "순진하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 3 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ujikhada",
          "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
          "word": "우직하다"
        },
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "naïf"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "native, natural"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "native"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "more naive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "ignorant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "inexperienced"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "foolish"
    }
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      "word": "ultracredulous"
    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "word": "naïveté"
    },
    {
      "word": "naivety"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "beginner"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "gullible"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "new"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and music), “Going on Seventeen”, in The Sound of Music",
          "text": "I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Genophage Codex entry",
          "text": "The salarians believed the genophage would be used as a deterrent, a position the turians viewed as naive. Once the project was complete, the turians mass produced and deployed it. The krogan homeworld, their colonies, and all occupied worlds were infected.",
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          "wisdom"
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          "unsophisticated"
        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters",
          "text": "Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, page 33",
          "text": "By 1921 when Miró painted his key work, naive painting had been recognized by the avantgarde art world as a genre in its own right.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "childlike"
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        [
          "sophisticated",
          "sophisticated"
        ]
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        "(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques."
      ],
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      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Takao Terano, Huan Liu, Arbee L.P. Chen, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining",
          "text": "We have experiments of running our matching algorithm and a naive matching algorithm for such a term tree and a tree, and have compared the performance of the two algorithms.",
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        }
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          "computing#Noun"
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          "intuitive"
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/naɪˈiːv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑːˈiːv/"
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      "rhymes": "-iːv"
    },
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    {
      "word": "naïve"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "artless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "childlike"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "clueless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "credulous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "dewy-eyed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "tags": [
        "used ironically"
      ],
      "word": "cute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "fleeceable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "green"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "guileless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "ingenuous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "innocent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "jejune"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "Panglossian"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "tags": [
        "used ironically"
      ],
      "word": "quaint"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "simple"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "simple-hearted"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "simple-minded"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "starry-eyed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "unaffected"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "undesigning"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "unpretentious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "unsophisticated"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "unworldly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "wide-eyed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "immature"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "born yesterday"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "wet behind the ears"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:naive",
      "word": "virgin"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "sylesh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "makalush"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāḏaj",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "سَاذَج"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣēdə",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "صيدة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "miamit",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "միամիտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "parzamit",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "պարզամիտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "sadəlöhv"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "inozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "naíŭny",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "наі́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naíven",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "наи́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ingenu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "càndid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tin¹ zan¹",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "天真"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jau³ zi⁶",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "幼稚"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "thiên-thiên",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "天天"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "thian-chin",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "天真"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "幼稚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiānzhēn",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "天真"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòuzhì",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "幼稚"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "anfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "enfoldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naïef"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "tegen beter weten in"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ingénu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "inxenuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulubrq̇vilo",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "გულუბრყვილო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miamiṭi",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "მიამიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "unbefangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "blauäugig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afelís",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "αφελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euḗthēs",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "εὐήθης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apeirókakos",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ἀπειρόκακος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "na'ívi",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "נָאִיבִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tamím",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "תָּמִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "soineanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ingenuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "candido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "semplice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "spontaneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "credulone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "sempliciotto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むじゃきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mujaki na",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "無邪気な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "adokenai",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "あどけない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sunjinhada",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "순진하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ujikhada",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "우직하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bakjikhada",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "박직하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hai dīang sā",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "credulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "simplex"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naivs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naiven",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "наивен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "tūpatokore"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "enfoldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "godtroende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâde-lowh",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ساده لوح"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâm",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "خام"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "babu",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ببو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiwny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "ingénuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "ingênuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naívnyj",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "наи́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "soineannta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "на̏ӣван"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȁīvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naivný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiven"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "cándido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ingenuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "blåögd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "oskyldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rái-diiang-sǎa",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ไร้เดียงสา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "saf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "naif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "najívnyj",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "наї́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ngờ nghệch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "ngây thơ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "temimesdik",
      "sense": "lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement",
      "word": "תּמימותדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prostodúšen",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "простоду́шен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naivistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naíf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "naḯf",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "ναΐφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostodúšnyj",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "простоду́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naíf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(art) simple, childlike style",
      "word": "naif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "naive"
}

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          "ref": "2010, Daphne Oz, The Dorm Room Diet",
          "text": "As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, King Midas, Stupid Brokers - Stupid Clients",
          "text": "In other words, they'd buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they'd pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and sell them similar stuff for $650.",
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    {
      "word": "naïve"
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": iù-tī vs. zh-min-nan",
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