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Bookmark or Share- Scapegoating - WikipediaScapegoating is a hostile tactic often employed to characterize an entire group of individuals according to the unethical or immoral conduct of a small number of individuals belonging to that group. Scapegoating relates to guilt by association and stereotyping.
- SCAPEGOAT | English meaning - Cambridge DictionarySCAPEGOAT definition: 1. a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done: 2. a person who is blamed for…. Learn more.
- Scapegoat - WikipediaThe scapegoat was a goat that was designated (Hebrew: לַעֲזָאזֵֽל) la-'aza'zeyl; "for absolute removal" (for symbolic removal of the people's sins with the literal removal of the goat), and outcast in the desert as part of the Yom Kippur Temple service, that began during the Exodus with the original Tabernacle and continued through ...
- Scapegoat | Meaning, Significance, Bible, & Examples | BritannicaScapegoat, in the Yom Kippur ritual described in Leviticus, goat ritually burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. It was sent into the wilderness for Azazel, an evil spirit, while another was slain in sacrifice to God. By extension, the term is used for any group or individual that innocently bears blame.
- The Psychology of ScapegoatingA scapegoat usually implies a person or group, but the mechanism of scapegoating can also apply to non-human entities, whether objects, animals, or demons.
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