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- Naïve, naïf, naïvety, naïveté - English Language Usage Stack . . .
naive or ingenuous noun a naive or ingenuous person It is true that the first word derive from the French word that is the feminine word of naïf, but from the dictionary I get they have different meanings naive is used only as adjective naif has the same meaning of naive, but it means also ingenuous
- orthography - Is it spelt naïve or naive? - English Language . . .
naïve is the correct and official spelling writing but naive is accepted, mostly because people can't be bothered putting the two dots on the i – user29418 Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 3:01
- Naïve vs Ignorant - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Naive people are likely to be trusting or unsophisticated Essentially, ignorance is a lack of knowledge or education Naivety is a lack of experience and wisdom Someone who makes inappropriate comments would more likely be described as ignorant Someone who thinks that bad things only happen to bad people would be described as naive
- What is the practical difference between “ignorant” and “naïve”?
'Naive' is the opposite of 'cynical' If you are naive, that may imply that you are ignorant of certain facts (like expectations of poor behavior of certain people) or it could mean that you think the best of people One may be ignorant of algorithms for extracting roots of numbers, but tat doesn't translate to naivete –
- Is the diaeresis legal in “naïve”? - English Language Usage . . .
I understand why naïve is spelled with two dots, and that those dots are called a diaeresis What I do not understand is whether the use of a diaeresis is legal in English; is it?
- What is the is there any meaningful difference between the two . . .
Is it spelt “naïve” or “naive”? Merriam-Webster lists both spellings without any comment on validity usage The second variant seems to be the French original, and the other the "anglified" version Is there even a slight, maybe stylistic, difference?
- Naïve yet naivety? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Although I am unsure, this pronunciation seems to come back to the english appropriation of the foreign word For those who don’t know, naive requires a dieresis from the diphthong created by “ai” in a single-syllable word, otherwise pronounced like the letter i In the noun form of naivety, the stress is maintained on the ai
- A word for a worldly wise person who pretends to be naïve?
Depending on the context, you could consider hustler This is the exact and precise word to use if someone is playing pool for money: they pretend to barely know the game, even lose a few small bets to you, then make a big bet and win dramatically
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