Potemkin village
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Potemkin village

Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance: "the Potemkin village of this country's borrowed prosperity" (Lewis H. Lapham).

[After Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who had elaborate fake villages constructed for Catherine the Great's tours of the Ukraine and the Crimea.]

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Potemkin village - something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance

fake, sham, postiche - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

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Potemkin village (redirected from Potyomkin Village)

Potemkin village
(redirected from Potyomkin Village)