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Potemkin village Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Potemkin village has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance

2

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

See Also
disguise shortcoming construct appearances improve false
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fake
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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