English▸ adjective (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement:
the rather naive young man had been totally misled
I was politically naive.
▪ (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent:
Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled.
▪ of or denoting art produced in a style which deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child's work, typically in bright colours with little or no perspective.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.