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Noun: facade  fu'saad
  1. The face or front of a building
    "The historic building's facade was carefully restored";
    - frontage, frontal
     
  2. A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
    "The company's charitable donations were just a facade to hide their unethical business practices";
    - window dressing

Derived forms: facades

Type of: deceit, deception, front, misrepresentation

Encyclopedia: Facade