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Definition 2024

Potemkin_village

Potemkin village

English

Noun

Potemkin village ‎(plural Potemkin villages)

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

Translations

any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances

Dutch: potemkindorp n
German: Potemkinsches Dorf (de) n
Hungarian: Patyomkin-falu

Russian: потёмкинские деревни ‎(potjómkinskije derevni) (pot'ómkinskije d'er'évni) pl
Swedish: potemkinkuliss