Activist vs Naive - What's the difference?
activist | naive |
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
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, title= One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
As adjectives the difference between activist and naive
is that activist is behaving as an activist while naive is .As a noun activist
is one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.activist
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Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
Derived terms
* activistic * direct activistSynonyms
* mover and shakernaive
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
- I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.