faux-naïf: Meaning and Definition of

faux-na•ïf

Pronunciation: (fō'nä-ēf'), [key]
— adj.
  1. marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous.
—n.
  1. a person who shrewdly affects an attitude or pose of simplicity or innocence.
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