potemkin rhetoric
potemkin rhetoric is any rhetoric that is solely to deceive others into thinking that a situation is better than it really is.
derived from the following definitions:
potemkin: having a false or deceptive appearance, especially one presented for the purpose of propaganda.
rhetoric: language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
example 1: the mayor used potemkin rhetoric to explain to the population that the water supply was completely safe when the water supply was actually tainted with poison; in fact the mayor filled a gl-ss directly from the faucet and drank it in front of everyone, but he didn’t tell them that the faucet was connected to a supply of fresh filtered distilled water.
example 2: the cabinet meeting was a nationally televised presentation of positive propaganda from the administration where one cabinet member after another presented potemkin rhetoric.
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