/ fəˈsɑːd; NAmE / noun
1.
the front of a building
2.
[ usually sing. ] the way that sb/sth appears to be, which is different from the way sb/sth really is :
She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.
Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from French façade , from face face, on the pattern of Italian facciata .