Potemkin

/pɒˈtɛm.kɪn/

Synonyms for "potemkin" (21 found)

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Noun(6 words)
family namefrontfrontinggrigori aleksandrovich potemkingrigori potemkingrigori potyokin

Related words (10)

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More general

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appearanceappearance deceptiondeceptionmilitary officernameofficerpolpolitical leaderpoliticianpoliticopresentationproper nounsurface level descriptor

More specific

14 entries
Grigory PotemkinPotemkin displayPotemkin familyPotemkin frontPotemkin villagecosmetic reformfacade exhibitfake buildingfake statisticsfalse storefrontmock settlementphoto op campaignsham frontshowpiece program

Collocations

8 entries
Potemkin displayPotemkin facadePotemkin frontPotemkin opticsPotemkin politicsPotemkin projectPotemkin reformsPotemkin village

Inflections

3 entries
more Potemkinmost Potemkinpotemkins

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Battleship Potemkin is Sergei Eisenstein's greatest film.

Source: tatoeba (6398088)

These Potemkin demonstrations depict a universe of happy devices, all seamlessly interoperating, tossing media back and forth to one another in a superbly orchestrated fashion.

Source: wiktionary

After more than a year of denial that they even existed, the Chinese Communist Party at last admitted, last fall, that it was holding people in camps in Xinjiang. It describes these as “reeducation” camps focused on potential terrorists or job training and takes carefully selected groups on Potemkin tours to visit them.

Source: wiktionary

President Emmanuel Macron vowed an economic revival, but as he seeks re-election, a Potemkin factory in the town where he was raised shows just how hard that can be.

Source: wiktionary

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