naive

English

/naɪˈiːv/

adj
Definitions
  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
  • Not having been exposed to something.
  • (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
  • (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïve derived from Latin nativus (natural, native) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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