Plural of facade; the front surfaces of buildings; deceptive or false appearances that hide something.
From French façade, Italian facciata, from Latin facies (face, appearance). The metaphorical meaning developed because building fronts often hide what's really inside.
A 'facade' can mean the pretty front of a Parisian building OR the fake personality someone shows the world—language borrowed architecture's honesty about fake surfaces.
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