Innocent
Innocent adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.
Usage example: an innocent offer to sing before the gathering
Worldly-wise is an antonym for innocent.
Worldly-wise
Worldly-wise adjective - Having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience.
Usage example: her long career as a globe-trotting journalist has made her very worldly-wise and even a little jaded
Innocent is an antonym for worldly-wise.
Both words in one sentence
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Opposites Attract: The jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess.
Source: Disney / Tangled -
Tangled gives us the jaded, worldly-wise thief Flynn Rider and the spirited, innocent princess Rapunzel.
Source: Opposites Attract -
Even allowing that it was a more innocent time, it was partly used to illustrate the character of the sister as someone less worldly-wise than she thought, and extremely prone to pointless worrying.
Source: The Aggressive Drug Dealer
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