POTEMKIN VILLAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Potemkin village" is a kind of...):

fake; postiche; sham (something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be)

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