scape·goat

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• scape|goat — «SKAYP GOHT», noun, verb. –n. 1. a person or thing made to bear the blame for the mistakes or sins of others: »He has been made the scapegoat for many of the sins…of other individuals (Edward A. Freeman). 2. a goat on which the sins of the people …   Useful english dictionary

• scape|goat|ism — «SKAYP GOH tihz uhm», noun. the act or practice of seeking out a scapegoat to lay blame on: »Much of the anti American feeling that does exist in Europe can be charged to scapegoatism (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

• scape — scape·goat·er; scape·goat·ism; scape·less; scape·ment; scape; sea·scape; sky·scape; town·scape; tree·scape; wa·ter·scape; dream·scape; sound·scape; xeri·scape; land·scape; …   English syllables

• goat — goat; goat·herd; goat·ish; goat·ling; goat·skin; goat·stone; goat·weed; scape·goat·er; scape·goat·ism; goat·ish·ness; …   English syllables

• scapegoater — scape·goat·er …   English syllables

• scapegoat — scape•goat [[t]ˈskeɪpˌgoʊt[/t]] n. 1) a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place 2) bib a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its… …   From formal English to slang

• scapegoat — scape|goat [ˈskeıpgəut US gout] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: scape (from scape to get away (13 20 centuries), from escape) + goat; meant as a translation of Hebrew azazel (probably the name of an evil spirit in the Bible), as if it were ez ozel… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scapegoat — scape|goat1 [ skeıp,gout ] noun count someone who is blamed for something that is not their fault, especially because someone else wants to avoid being blamed: scapegoat for: She is being made a scapegoat for the commission s own mistakes.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scapegoatism — scape·goat·ism …   English syllables

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