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  1. Scapegoating

    Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals (e.g. "he did it, not me!"), individuals against groups (e.g., "I couldn't see anything because of all the tall people"), groups against individuals (e.g., "He was the reason our team didn't win"), and groups against groups. A scapegoat may be an adult, child, sibling, employee, peer, ethnic, political or religious group, or country. A whipping boy, identified patient, or "fall guy" are forms of scapegoat. Scapegoating has its origins in a ritual of atonement described in chapter 16 of the Biblical Book of Leviticus, in which a goat (or ass) is released into the wilderness bearing all the sins of the community, which have been placed on the goat's head by a priest.

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  1. Scapegoating

    Scapegoating is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a scapegoat. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals, individuals against groups, groups against individuals, and groups against groups. A scapegoat may be an adult, sibling, child, employee, peer, ethnic or religious group, or country. A whipping boy, identified patient or "fall guy" are forms of scapegoat.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Scapegoating

    Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilized in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scapegoating in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scapegoating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of scapegoating in a Sentence

  1. George Clooney:

    The genesis of the screenplay [ came when ] I was watching a lot of [ Trump ] speeches on the campaign trail about building fences and scapegoating minorities, and I started looking around at other times in our history when we’ve unfortunately fallen back into these things, and I found this story that happened in Levittown, Pennsylvania.

  2. Hillary Clinton:

    What we can’t let happen is the scapegoating, the blaming, the finger pointing that is going on on the Republican side.

  3. Phil Gim:

    Why we feel it's scapegoating is the fact that of all the police incidents, this one is clearly an accident.

  4. Corey Saylor:

    In the Jewish community, we know all too well what can happen when a particular religious group is singled out for stereotyping and scapegoating. We also know that this country must not give into fear by turning its back on its fundamental values, even at a time of great crisis. i am troubled, though, that someone who has so completely abandoned American values is polling so high.

  5. Steve Bartman:

    My hope is that we all can learn from my experience to view sports as entertainment and prevent harsh scapegoating.

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