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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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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. Jan 11, 2017 at 3:01. Show 2 more comments.
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.
Being "ignorant refers to a lack of knowledge. Being "naive" refers to a lack of understanding. An ignorant person (factually) might nevertheless have great understanding and therefore not be naive. Think of the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. A well-informed (non-ignorant) person might also be naive because s/he doesn't understand things. Maybe the Cowardly Lion is in this category.
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? Other than na...
Dec 20, 2018 · @Lordology Choster was giving you examples where spelling and pronunciation differ far more widely than in 'naive'. Cholmondeley - Chumley, Taliaferro - Toliver and Trottiscliffe - Trosley.
Jan 2, 2014 · As these terms are defined in online dictionaries, ignorant means a lack of education, while naïve means a lack of worldly experience. What is the practical difference between these two? When wo...
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. As an unitalicized English word, "naive" is now the more usual spelling ...
Oct 6, 2011 · Disingenuous is a great word, but by itself it just means insincere. You would need context to understand that it's meant to mean insincerely naive.
Oct 16, 2012 · In practical and conventional terms, anything beyond Limited Working Proficiency requires fluency in all the categories Reading, Writing & Speaking. In order of proficiency, 'Native' ranks on par with or above 'Professional'. I presume you are not a native speaker. Depending on what you think is the extent to which others can understand when you speak, you may state either Working or ...
Mar 2, 2018 · A "native speaker of English" refers to someone who has learned and used English from early childhood. It does not necessarily mean that it is the speaker's only language, but it means it is and has been the primary means of concept formation and communication. It means having lived in a truly English-speaking culture during one's formative ...
