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–adjective
1.
marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous.
–noun
2.
a person who shrewdly affects an attitude or pose of simplicity or innocence.
Origin:
1940–45;
< F;
see
faux
,
naive
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faux-na·ïf also faux-naif
(fō-nä-ēf')
adj. Marked by a false show of innocent simplicity:
"Their gee-whiz, faux-naif comportment is not always convincing"
(Madison Smartt Bell).
[French :
faux
,
false
+
naïf
,
naive
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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