to be unaware, uneducated. lacking experience with everyday life. Natural or artless simplicity. Pure, unknowing, uninformed; stupidly innocent. usually applies to lacking wisdom with lesser age.
The girl showed her naïveté by ignoring the warnings about the strange boy. She decided to date him anyhow.
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The aim of Arab nativism is to simultaneously erase the many indigenous peoples of the MENA and assert that only the colonizers are truly indigenous.
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By the 1850's, nativism became an open political movement pledged to vote only for "native" Americans, to fight Catholicism, and to demand a 21-year naturalization period. (pg, 108,ISBN:0130418692)
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Get the naivety mug.Generally speaking, to be naive means you do not think enough. People who are "naive" tend to believe in whatever they are told, without questioning whether it is right or wrong. As for age, it can be anywhere from 1-100. Anyone who has not lived through and seen enough of this world is generally referred to as naive.
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