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faux-naïf

The definition of faux-naïf is a fake showing of naive qualities.

(adjective)

An example of a faux-naïf person is a gothic Lolita, a girl in Tokyo who dresses like a child despite being a teenager.
An artist who paints from the perspective of a child is an example of a style that can be described as faux-naïf.

A faux-naïf is defined as a person or a style that seems to be childlike or naive.

(noun)

An example of a faux-naïf is a teenager who wears footed pajamas and pigtails.
An example of a faux-naïf is work of art made by an adult that has the look of a child's drawing.

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See faux-naïf in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

artificially or affectedly naive
of a literary or artistic style that pretends to be simple, childlike, or unsophisticated

Origin: Fr

noun

a faux-naïf person, style, etc.

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