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- Dictionarynaive/nʌɪˈiːv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement: "the rather naive young man had been totally misled"
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Naive people are likely to be trusting or unsophisticated. Essentially, ignorance is a lack of knowledge or education. Naivety is a lack of experience and wisdom. Someone who makes inappropriate comments would more likely be described as ignorant. Someone who thinks that bad things only happen to bad people would be described as naive.
some may enjoy reading The Curse of the Diaeresis by Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 2012-04-26. – gerryLowry. Feb 4, 2016 at 9:33. naïve is the correct and official spelling/writing but naive is accepted, mostly because people can't be bothered putting the two dots on the i. – user29418.
Oct 18, 2020 · naive or ingenuous. noun. a naive or ingenuous person. It is true that the first word derive from the French word that is the feminine word of naïf, but from the dictionary I get they have different meanings. naive is used only as adjective. naif has the same meaning of naive, but it means also ingenuous. Share.
I understand why naïve is spelled with two dots, and that those dots are called a diaeresis. What I do not understand is whether the use of a diaeresis is legal in English; is it?
Dec 20, 2018 · French naïf/naïve does not have a falling diphthong, so its pronunciation wouldn't explain the use of /aɪ/ in English. English doesn't have that many words where /ɑ/ comes directly before another vowel, especially not when the /ɑ/ is in a "weak" position (unstressed, or at least directly before another vowel with a higher level of stress).
Jan 2, 2014 · 'Naive' is the opposite of 'cynical'. If you are naive, that may imply that you are ignorant of certain facts (like expectations of poor behavior of certain people) or it could mean that you think the best of people. One may be ignorant of algorithms for extracting roots of numbers, but tat doesn't translate to naivete. –
4. The origin of "naive" is the French word " naïve ". (Notice that the French " naïve " is italicized) As a French word, it is spelled naïve or naïf. (French adjectives have grammatical gender; naïf is used with masculine nouns while naive is used with feminine nouns.) The two dots above the "i" are called diaeresis.
Oct 6, 2011 · If the person’s reason for hiding their wisdom and experience is not to con or hustle you, then there is probably not a good single word for it. False, artificial, feigned or fake1 innocence, inexperience, or naïveté are probably the phrases you could use. Or faux, if saying it in French appeals to you. Share. Improve this answer.
Oct 16, 2012 · Proficiency Code Speaking Definitions Reading Definitions; 0 - No Practical Proficiency: No practical speaking proficiency.
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