Perhaps 'coquettish', or 'winsome' may fit.
[ foh-nah-eef ] SHOW IPA. / ˈfoʊ nɑˈif / PHONETIC RESPELLING. adjective. marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous.
adj.blameless. adj.harmless, naive.
Blameless denotes freedom from blame, especially moral blame: a blameless life. Guiltless denotes freedom from guilt or responsibility for wrongdoing, usually in a particular instance: guiltless of a crime.
Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people. These disturbed kids can be cunning. Synonyms: ingenious, subtle, imaginative, shrewd More Synonyms of cunning.
sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods.
A cunning person is clever and deceitful. Police described the man as cunning and dangerous. Cunning is the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
Loss of innocence
It is often seen as an integral part of coming of age. It is usually thought of as an experience or period in a person's life that leads to a greater awareness of evil, pain and/or suffering in the world around them.
adjective. You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
Performative kindness (aka insincerity)
lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
An inauthentic person is fake or insincere, and an inauthentic thing isn't what it's said to be.
You might not be surprised to learn that pretentious is related to the word pretend, and it is an adjective that fits the bill for describing someone who's only concerned with making an impressive appearance.
synonyms for unkind
On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unkind, such as: cruel, harsh, hateful, insensitive, malicious, and nasty.
plural denialists. : a person who denies the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid : someone who practices denialism. For those of us who prefer to remain based in reality, the denialists represent a conundrum.
Definition of Childlike
They are innocent, sweet, simple and pure. They are quite honest. They are full of energy, excitement and enthusiasm. They are curious to learn new things.
Signs of emotional childishness include emotional escalations, blaming, lies, and name-calling. Someone who is emotionally childish may also have poor impulse control, need to be the center of attention, or engage in bullying.
There are three things people mean when they talk of childhood innocence: vulnerability, ignorance, and moral purity.
A recent international survey says children these days lose their innocence by the age of 12. So, are you a worried parent? Thanks to the pressures — and pleasures — of modern life, children these days lose their innocence by the age of 12.
Using guns and explosives to kill another human represents a loss of innocence. Many had never shot a gun before and certainly not with intent to kill another human being.
Loss of innocence is really a loss of an open heart. We lose our openness to life, to people, to dreams, to desire. Our ability to be in the present and feel what we feel gets compromised.
People who manipulate others attack their mental and emotional sides to get what they want. The person doing the manipulating, called the manipulator, seeks to create an imbalance of power. They take advantage of you to get power, control, benefits, and/or privileges.
Common thinking tends to confuse cunning and intelligence. But cunning and intelligence are so different from each other that they are in fact the opposite.