noun Download 🔗Share In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. Examples : "When the project failed, the intern became the scapegoat, even though the whole team was responsible. " ritual religion theology mythology guilt Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else. Examples : "He is making me a scapegoat." person guilt society character action moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of. Examples : "The manager, trying to avoid blame for the project's failure, decided to scapegoat the intern by saying it was all her fault. " guilt action society moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim. Examples : "The school administration scapegoated the new student for the recent vandalism, even though there was no proof that he was involved. " politics society guilt attitude moral government history culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading