Does it mean stupid or ignorant?
2007-11-23 13:47:41 · 14 answers · asked by Butterfly 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I would say it has little to do with intelligence. It's being blissfully ignorant of the darker side of people.
2007-11-23 16:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by chinmusic851 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not stupid or ignorant it just means that the bad things of the world (ex. bad experiences or people) haven't changed you. Naive is not a bad thing it just means that you'll believe in something even though most people wont.
To my opinion anyway. but then again i probably am a little naive too.
2007-11-23 13:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means clueless, or ignorant if you want to be harsh, but in an innocent way. A young child is naive, but not necessarily stupid.
2007-11-23 13:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither really, it means innocence or lacking in the ways of the world - inexperienced. To a certain extent it means ignorance but not in a derogatory way. It's the opposite of sophisticated rather than being the opposite of clever.
2007-11-23 13:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naive means that you are overly trusting. It means that you trust others whom you probably should not trust. There is a connotation of being a little ignornant, in that you would not be trusting others for information if you had that information yourself. But the emphasis is on being overly trusting, not ignorance.
2007-11-23 13:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by Damocles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means neither. It means to accept everything at face-value, believing what you're told. For example, it's naive to believe someone is selling a real gold bracelet at a subway station or at the bus station for a ridiculously low-price, say 20 bucks.
2007-11-23 13:51:58 · answer #6 · answered by tunrayo_tijani 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If one is naive, it means that one is inexperienced and therefore unwise and perhaps innocent.
It doesn't really mean stupid. It could mean ignorant in a way...
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2007-11-23 13:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by blackcat3556 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not stupid;Just not corrupted or jaded ; It`s an attitude of innocence without impacting or measuring I.Q.
2007-11-23 14:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by Thisnthat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person who is unaware of things.
It is usually said of a girl who is not sexually experienced, but it covers a lot of other things as well
2007-11-23 14:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, not necessarily. It does mean that one is unlearned in worldly things. Innocent, not having a clue, ...
Some things aren't worth knowing when they steal your innocence away.
2007-11-23 13:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋