[BillyDeCarlo]

I'm trying to think of a word but totally blocking on it for some reason. It's the word used often in a condescending way by older people to describe the naïve optimism of young people who aren't yet experienced and jaded by the reality of life. It's on the tip of my tongue/brain. I've searched the thesauruses and it's not popping up. Maybe I'm describing it wrong.

 

[Lady Runa]

I'm trying to think of a word but totally blocking on it for some reason. It's the word used often in a condescending way by older people to describe the naïve optimism of young people who aren't yet experienced and jaded by the reality of life. It's on the tip of my tongue/brain. I've searched the thesauruses and it's not popping up. Maybe I'm describing it wrong.

Did you search this one? This is my to-go resource.

 

[A.R. Williams]

Hubris?

 

[BillyDeCarlo]

Found it. Idealistic. Whew. Thanks all.

 

[Brian D. Anderson]

Not what you're looking for but "wet behind the ears" is a good turn of phrase.

 

[Gregg Bell]

Did you search this one? This is my to-go resource.

I like Power Thesaurus but I like Word Hippo even better. WordHippo!

 

[Lady Runa]

I like Power Thesaurus but I like Word Hippo even better. WordHippo!

Great one, thank you very much! Bookmarked it.

 

[JohnHansen]

Pasted the original post into chatGPT:

The word you may be thinking of is "naive" or "idealistic." Another possible word is "innocent." However, the word that is commonly used in a condescending way by older people to describe the naïve optimism of young people is "naïve." Older people might say something like, "You're so naïve, you don't understand how the world really works."

 

[annerallen]

How about "jejune"?

 

[Gessert Books]

Pasted the original post into chatGPT:

The word you may be thinking of is "naive" or "idealistic." Another possible word is "innocent." However, the word that is commonly used in a condescending way by older people to describe the naïve optimism of young people is "naïve." Older people might say something like, "You're so naïve, you don't understand how the world really works."

There’s something pretty amusing about it pushing naive super hard even though the post also mentions the term.

 

[JohnHansen]

There’s something pretty amusing about it pushing naive super hard even though the post also mentions the term.

There is But then again, the question seemed to be about what word is most used, and if AI thinks that is naive then it should push that. If you want alternatives you have to explicit ask for alternatives or synonyms.