Usually means: Facade designed to deceive observers.
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  1. Potemkin village, Potemkin village: Merriam-Webster
  2. Potemkin village: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Potemkin village: Vocabulary.com
  4. Potemkin village: Wiktionary
  5. Potemkin village: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. Potemkin village: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. potemkin village: Dictionary.com
  8. Potemkin Village, Potemkin village: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. potemkin village: FreeDictionary.org
  10. potemkin village: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Potemkin village: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Potemkin village: Encyclopedia

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  1. Potemkin village, Potemkin village: A Word A Day
  2. Potemkin village: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Potemkin village)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.

Similar:
subtlety, false pretense, contrivance, deception, facade, trompe-d'œil, simulation, sham, feint, papering over, more...

Adjectives:
trick, spoof, crook, prank, sham, fake, shuffling, jake, kayfabe, mock, phony

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Similar:
subtlety, false pretense, contrivance, deception, facade, trompe-d'œil, simulation, sham, feint, papering over, more...

Adjectives:
trick, spoof, crook, prank, sham, fake, shuffling, jake, kayfabe, mock, phony



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