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Window Dressing

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Noun

1. facade, window dressing

a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

2. window dressing

the decoration of shop windows

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Window Dressing

see synonyms of window dressing
noun
1. 
the ornamentation of shop windows, designed to attract customers
2. 
the pleasant, showy, or false aspect of an idea, policy, etc, which is stressed to conceal the real or unpleasant nature; façade

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Window Dressing

see synonyms of window dressing
1. 
the arrangement or display of goods and trimmings in a store window to attract customers
2. 
statements, actions, or display designed to make something seem better than it really is

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Window Dressing

see synonyms of window dressing
n.
1.
a. Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.
b. Goods and trimmings used in such displays.
2. A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable impression: "The realignment ... may be more window dressing than a substantive change in how the company does business" (Connie Guglielmo).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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