Meaning & use
facade
The front exterior of a building, or a false, misleading appearance someone presents to others.
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Workers spent months restoring the crumbling facade of the old theater.
Behind her cheerful facade, she was actually quite anxious about the exam.
A note on using this word
'Facade' is often written with an accent as 'façade', though the plain spelling is standard and widely accepted in English.
Words with a similar meaning
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