faux-naif

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faux-na⋅ïf

[foh-nah-eef]

–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.]

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