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.]
faux-naïf
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faux-na·ïf faux-naif (fō-nä-ēf') 
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adj.
Marked by a false show of innocent simplicity: "Their gee-whiz, faux-naif comportment is not always convincing" (Madison Smartt Bell).
adj.
Marked by a false show of innocent simplicity: "Their gee-whiz, faux-naif comportment is not always convincing" (Madison Smartt Bell).
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- disingenuous
- Innocenzia, for piano in D flat major (Motifs 2/22), Op. 63/2/22 (Classical Work)
- Liedchen, for piano in A major (Motifs 2/18), Op. 63/2/18 (Classical Work)
- Bright Eyes (2000 Album by B'ehl)
- Karen Mantler's Pet Project (2000 Album by Karen Mantler)
- Petit conte, for piano in E flat major (Classical Work)
- Petites Fantaisies (3), for piano, Op. 41 (Classical Work)
- Posément, etude for piano in B major (Études dans tous les tons majeurs No. 11), Op. 35/11 (Classical Work)
- La legatissimo, for piano in D minor (Motifs 1/3), Op. 63/1/3 (Classical Work)
- Allons dans les prés émaillés que parfument les roses, for piano in E major (Motifs 1/5), Op. 63/1/5 (Classical Work)
- Confidence, for piano in B flat major (Motifs 1/9), Op. 63/1/9 (Classical Work)
- Chant d'amour - Chant de mort, etude in G flat major (Études dans tous les tons majeurs No. 10), Op. 35/10 (Classical Work)
- La staccatissimo, for piano in F minor (Motifs 1/2), Op. 63/1/2 (Classical Work)
- Menuets (3), for piano, Op. 51 (Classical Work)
