naif
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- noun
- /nɑːˈiːf/
- Offensive
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ingenuo (despectivo)
- As a young artist, she was viewed as a naif who had yet to understand the complexities of the art world.
- political naif
- Only a naif
Examples
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To me, he represents one of the important figures of myth: the naif who says, "But the Emperor has no clothes!"
Blog text (20) -
I am not a total naif on the subject.
Blog text (27) -
"Sol was calling me a political naif," Levin said.
Fiction book (1998) -
I still cannot believe that the political naif who inhabits the WH does not understand the art of compromise.
Blog text (12) -
I'm convinced he made the final three, and he might well be this season's winner, but that wide-eyed naif persona just puts me off.
Blog text (4) -
A naif might ask why Minin hadn't gone to Lenin's Path Collective.
Fiction book (1992) -
I don't embarrass, I don't get humiliated, and I don't mind being seen as a naif.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many people considered him a naif for believing that everything in the city was fair and honest.
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The naif traveler was amazed by the city's bustling markets, unaware of the scams that awaited him.
Synonyms
A person who is new and has little knowledge of a subject or activity
A person new to a job or group
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Naif comes from the French word naïf, which comes from a root meaning 'born' or 'natural', the same root as the English word native. So a naif was originally someone 'natural' and innocent, and today it means a person who is inexperienced in the ways of the world.