Associations to the word «Potemkin»
Noun
- Battleship
- Odessa
- Sergei
- Mutiny
- Catherine
- Crimea
- Russo
- Empress
- Cossack
- Pavel
- Richelieu
- Favorite
- Niece
- Ky
- Bolshevik
- Faust
- Uprising
- Prince
- Lenin
- Ivan
- Propaganda
- Sailor
- Annexation
- Stair
- Nikolai
- Russia
- Turk
- Shipyard
- Mikhail
- Deception
- Uss
- Peasant
- Editing
- Vladimir
- Cinema
- Masterpiece
- Trek
- Alexander
- Revolt
- Great
- Pet
- Sol
- Fleet
- Asylum
- Correspondence
- Lover
- Bacon
- Village
- Sequence
- Diplomat
- Conquest
- Revolution
- Russian
- Fortress
- Crew
- Constantinople
- Prussia
- Palace
- Torpedo
- Rebellion
- Filming
- Film
- Petersburg
- Soundtrack
- Romania
- Von
- Imperial
- Step
- Treaty
- Strike
- Gregory
- Count
- Limit
- Boys
- Simon
- Pursuit
- Rage
- Orchestra
Adjective
Wiktionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE, noun. (idiomatic) Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.
POTEMKIN VILLAGES, noun. Plural of Potemkin village
Dictionary definition
POTEMKIN, noun. A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.