Potemkin

English Pronunciation en /pɒˈtɛm.kɪn/ RP en /poʊˈtɛm.kɪn/ /pəˈtɛm(p).kən/ GA en ɛmkɪn 3 Proper noun en ru Потёмкин surname. en figurative attributive Resembling a Potemkin village; fake, facade. en 2007-08-14 w:Cory Doctorow http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/aug/14/comment.drm Don't fall for the Potemkin scam 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261020141306/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/aug/14/comment.drm 20 October 2026 en 2019-10-08 Nur Iman I Was a Model Uighur. China Took My Family Anyway. Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/08/i-was-a-model-uighur-china-took-my-family-anyway/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260302073931/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/08/i-was-a-model-uighur-china-took-my-family-anyway/ 2 March 2026 en 2022-04-05 Norimitsu Onishi For Macron, France’s Troubled Industries Hit Home https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/world/europe/macron-france-election-hometown.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220405180404/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/world/europe/macron-france-election-hometown.html 5 April 2022 Derived terms en Potemkinian Potemkin village Portuguese Proper noun m pt ru Потёмкин surname