- A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins
of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the
wilderness. - Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for
others.
Scapegoat Scapegoat is the object of displaced aggression. In Biblical times the Israelites sent a pure white goat out to die in the wilderness once a year, on the Day of Atonement, carrying
Scapegoating Scapegoating means blaming, punishing, or stigmatizing a relatively powerless individual or group for wrongs that were not of their doing.
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