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POTEMKIN VILLAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Potemkin village mean?
• POTEMKIN VILLAGE (noun)
The noun POTEMKIN VILLAGE has 1 sense:
1. something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
Familiarity information: POTEMKIN VILLAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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