naif

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The first four made a point of swapping directors and moods and even Ethan’s core identity: Brian De Palma made him a jaundiced naif; John Woo, a hot-blooded flirt; J.J.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

At times sweet naif, at times screaming banshee, she seems not quite human, like the strange half-duck/half-dog creature that follows her around the scientist’s house.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

When he decided to tell the government to go pound sand, he was not some naif who hadn't been in government before and didn't know the rules.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023

Chavo was a knuckled-headed naif, but he also punctured others’ self-importance in ways that gave him a modicum of power.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2022

There is, moreover, a naif and spontaneous instinct which leads man in his ecstasies of joy, and in his paroxysms of fear or pain, to lift his hands and eyes to the overhanging firmament.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison