Definition of faux naïf in English:
faux naïf
adjectiveˌfəʊ nʌɪˈiːffo naif
Artificially or affectedly simple or naive.
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet there is a faux naif pose, a lifelong defence against the perplexing realities of the outside world.
- There are faux naif drawings on the blackboard behind each man: a balloon, a bike, the figures 200 plus 200 equals 400.
- Nor does it seem right to call this work faux-naif, as though he is exploiting the look of outsider art for its ‘authentic’ effects.
- The author doesn't present himself as something he is not: he does not exaggerate his knowledge of the country and he also steers clear of the irritating faux-naif persona favoured by some travel writers.
- A (perhaps the) central question, which divides modern readers into two camps, is how far style and content are really faux-naif and informed by humour and irony.
- That exhibition was titled ‘Modern Love’ and was heavy on faux-naif paintings.
- The show featured the small, richly colored, faux-naif paintings on paper that the playwright completed between 1946 and 1956.
nounˌfəʊ nʌɪˈiːffo naif
A person who pretends to be ingenuous.
the speaker in these stories sounds authentically ten years old, never lapsing into the coyness of the faux naif
Origin
From French faux 'false' + naïf 'naive'.