Definition of scapegoats Scapegoats
/skejˈpgowˌts/ - [skeypgowts] -
We found 3 definitions of scapegoats from 2 different sources.
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What does scapegoats mean?
Wiktionary 
- scapegoats (Noun)
Plural of scapegoat.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: scapegoats |
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| scapegoat - someone who is punished for the errors of others | ||
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Wiktionary
- scapegoat (Noun)
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. - scapegoat (Noun)
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else. - scapegoat (Verb)
To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of. - scapegoat (Verb)
To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scapegoat (n.)
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. - scapegoat (n.)
Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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scapegoat
Someone who is punished for the errors of others. -
scapegoat
To punish someone for the errors of someone else.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scapegoat
skāp′gōt, n. a goat on which, once a year, the Jewish high-priest laid symbolically the sins of the people, and which was then allowed to escape into the wilderness (Levit. xvi.): one who is made to bear the misdeeds of another. [Escape and goat.]
Part of speech
🔤- scapegoat, verb, present, 1st person singular of scapegoat (infinitive).
- scapegoat, verb (infinitive).
- scapegoat, noun, singular of scapegoats.
