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scapegoat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | whipping boy |
| Type of | victim |
Examples of scapegoat
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More and more we are changing from a scapegoat to an anchor or a troubleshooter.
From the time.com
If things don't go better next season, though, there might be another scapegoat.
From the sacbee.com
A scapegoat, then, is an innocent person who is punished for the sins of others.
From the independent.co.uk
For others, he is the scapegoat jailed to satisfy international property sharks.
From the express.co.uk
Daryl Gibson has gone after being made what you might call a bit of a scapegoat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Michael is in danger of being made the scapegoat for a wider and deeper malaise.
From the guardian.co.uk
The company uses Hal as a scapegoat and Lois has become more mentally unstabled.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He now had the Ottomans at his borders and needed someone to use as a scapegoat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Tigers can deny it all they want, but a scapegoat is exactly what Knapp is.
From the freep.com
- Someone who is punished for the errors of others
- Scapegoat is an American rock group formed in 1999, in Charlotte, North Carolina and one of the first bands signed to Tragic Hero Records. Scapegoat is credited with bringing attention and recognition to the North Carolina rock music scene.
- The Scapegoat is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.
- The Scapegoat is a 1959 crime film based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, and starring Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey and Bette Davis.
- "The Scapegoat" is a science fiction novella written by C. J. Cherryh and set in her Alliance-Union universe. It deals with a war in which the two opposing species do not understand each other and do not know how to stop the fighting. ...
- The Scapegoat (1854-6) is a painting by William Holman Hunt which depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus. He started painting on the shore of the Dead Sea, and continued in his studio in London. The work exists in two versions.
- Scapegoating is the practice of singling out one child, employee, member of a group of peers, ethnic or religious group, or country for unmerited negative treatment or blame. Related concepts include frameup, whipping boy, jobber, sucker and fall guy.
- (Scapegoating) Assigning blame to an individual or group that isn't really responsible, thus alleviating feelings of guilt from responsible parties and/or distracting attention from the need to fix the problem for which blame is being assigned.
- Scapegoating refers to the deliberate policy of blaming an individual or group when in reality there is no one person or group responsible for the problem. It means blaming another group or individual for things they did not really do. ...
