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fauxnaif

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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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