| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | faux-na·ïf |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -nä- f |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also faux-naif |
| ADJECTIVE: | Marked by a false show of innocent simplicity: “Their gee-whiz, faux-naif comportment is not always convincing” (Madison Smartt Bell). | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : faux, false + naïf, naive.
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