De-Potemkin
"De-potemkin" describes the act of fabricating or conjuring up a reality that aligns with the false impression initially projected by a faƧade or surface appearance. This term draws upon the historical concept of the Potemkin village, referring to a constructed faƧade designed to deceive observers into believing a false reality. To "de-potemkin" is to actively engage in the creation or maintenance of a fictional or illusory environment that masks the true conditions or lacks substance, thereby perpetuating the deception originally intended by the faƧade. It encapsulates the notion of actively sustaining an illusion or falsehood through deliberate actions or manipulations.
Depotemkin, verb: To create the missing reality that a faƧade was originally constructed to suggest was present.
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