naive art

1. 1.

   a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

   Synonymsoutsider artself-taught artvernacular artprimitive art

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Questions about naive art

What does naive art mean?

naive art means "a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists".

What is another word for naive art?

Close synonyms include outsider art, self-taught art, vernacular art, primitive art. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is naive art a common word?

naive art is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.