Definitions for potemkin village
potemkin vil·lage

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1. Potemkin villagenoun

   something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance

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1. Potemkin villagenoun

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

2. Etymology: Purportedly named for fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigori Alexsandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.

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1. Potemkin village

   In politics and economics, a Potemkin village (Russian: потёмкинские деревни, romanized: potyómkinskiye derévni) is any construction (literal or figurative) whose sole purpose is to provide an external façade to a country that is faring poorly, making people believe that the country is faring better. The term comes from stories of a fake portable village built by Grigory Potemkin, former lover of Empress Catherine II, solely to impress the Empress during her journey to Crimea in 1787. Modern historians agree that accounts of this portable village are exaggerated. The original story was that Potemkin erected phony portable settlements along the banks of the Dnipro River in order to impress the Russian Empress and foreign guests. The structures would be disassembled after she passed, and re-assembled farther along her route to be viewed again as if another example.

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1. potemkin village

   A Potemkin village refers to any construction, whether physical, literal or figurative, whose sole purpose is to deceive others into thinking that a situation is better than it actually is. The term originates from stories about a fake portable village built by Grigory Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.

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1. Potemkin village

   The phrase Potemkin villages was originally used to describe a fake village, built only to impress. The phrase is now used, typically in politics and economics, to describe any construction built solely to deceive others into thinking that some situation is better than it really is. It is unclear whether the origin of the phrase is factual, an exaggeration, or a myth. According to the story, Russian minister Grigory Potemkin who led the Crimean military campaign erected fake settlements along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of potemkin village in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of potemkin village in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of potemkin village in a Sentence

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   We are gratified that Secretary Cardona's Potemkin village 'Parents Council' will be disbanded, because families should never be used merely as props to advance progressive policies, parental engagement is essential for students to succeed; accordingly, it is critical that ALL voices and perspectives be integrated into any feedback mechanism that the Biden Administration operates - and that the Department of Education respect the rule of law.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=potemkin village
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Potemkin_Village
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_Village
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5. ^ Wikidata
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