Might mean (unverified): Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgment.
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  1. naïve: Merriam-Webster

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  1. naïve: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Similar:
artless, ignorant, simple-minded, inexperienced, ingenuous, childlike, simple, naif, innocent, unsophisticated, more...

Opposite:
jaded, cynical, skeptical, wary, suspicious

Types:
gullible, trusting, simple, unworldly, inexperienced, uneducated, more...

Phrases:
naïve realism, more...

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Similar:
artless, ignorant, simple-minded, inexperienced, ingenuous, childlike, simple, naif, innocent, unsophisticated, more...

Opposite:
jaded, cynical, skeptical, wary, suspicious

Types:
gullible, trusting, simple, unworldly, inexperienced, uneducated, more...

Phrases:
naïve realism, more...



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