Definition of Naive

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Definition of Naive
	Naive Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks. Related Definitions: And, Artless, As, Frank, Having, Ingenuous, Naive, Native, Or, Person, Simplicity, Unaffected, Unsophisticated

Naive Quotations

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
Ogden Nash

I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.
Kurt Cobain

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Anais Nin

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
Johnny Carson

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!
Eddie Izzard

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas Szasz

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
Anatole France

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.
Neil Young

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
James Thurber

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.
Geddy Lee

Naive Translations

naive in Finnish is lapsellinen
naive in German is naiv
naive in Hungarian is gyermeteg
naive in Italian is semplice
naive in Swedish is naiv, godtrogen

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