naive

naïf, inexpérimenté

Qui manque d’expérience pour bien juger les gens ou les situations et fait souvent trop facilement confiance.

En anglais simple : Without enough experience to judge people or situations well, often trusting others too easily.

• I was young and naive.
• It was naive to expect everyone to agree.
• He is less naive about politics now.

Comment l'utiliser : naive to do something (It was naive to trust him without checking his story.); naive about something (She was naive about how businesses worked.)

Synonymes : inexperienced, innocent, unsophisticated

Contraires : sophisticated, worldly

Expressions courantes : naive person, naive belief, naive to think, naive assumption

naïf

Réalisé dans un style simple rappelant les dessins d’enfants, sans techniques artistiques complexes.

En anglais simple : Made in a simple style like a child’s art, without complex artistic methods.

• She collects naive art.
• The painting shows a village in a naive style.
• His naive figures have bright clothes and large eyes.

Synonymes : childlike

Expressions courantes : naive art, naive painting, naive style