na ‧ ive /naɪˈiːv/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: naïve , feminine of naïf , from Latin nativus ; ⇨ ↑ native 1 ]
not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen ⇨ innocent :
a naive young girl
Jim can be so naive sometimes.
it is naive to think/suppose/assume etc
It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away.
—naively adverb :
I had naively imagined that he was in love with me.
—naivety /naɪˈiːvəti/ ( also naiveté /naɪˈiːvəteɪ/) noun [uncountable] :
dangerous political naivety