First Known Use: 1937
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Potemkin village
noun Po·tem·kin village \pə-ˈtem(p)-kən-\
Definition of POTEMKIN VILLAGE
: an impressive facade or show designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition
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Origin of POTEMKIN VILLAGE
Grigori Potëmkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel
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