Scapegoating

Synonyms for "scapegoating" (19 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
accusatoryaccuse unjustlyassign blameblame

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
blame shiftingblame systemicallyblamingdeflect blamefall guyfault projection

Related words (9)

Noun(9 words)
framepejorativepin blame onscapegoat mechanismscapegoating rhetoricscapegoatsstigmatizingvilificationwhipping boy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
accusatory descriptorassignment of blameblameblame targetblamingpejorative descriptorpolitical rhetoricresponsibility assignmentsocial process

More specific

11 entries
ethnic scapegoatingindividual scapegoatinginstitutional scapegoatingmarginalized groupmedia scapegoatingminority targetorganizational scapegoatingpolitical scapegoatingrhetorical scapegoatingtargeted blameworkplace scapegoating

Collocations

13 entries
blame projectioncollective scapegoatingeconomic scapegoatingethnic scapegoatinggroup blameinstitutional scapegoatingmedia scapegoatingminority scapegoatingpolitical scapegoatingscapegoating mechanismscapegoating mechanismsscapegoating rhetoricsystemic scapegoating

Inflections

5 entries
more scapegoatingmost scapegoatingscapegoatedscapegoatingsscapegoats

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Some fascists are unfairly scapegoating Kabyles for any problem Algeria has.

Source: tatoeba (9506543)

If you really want to fight pedophiles, fight the Catholic Church instead of scapegoating LGBTQ people.

Source: tatoeba (11846648)

Nazi persecution of Jews, as with other scapegoatings, was focused, systematic and directly lethal. Other oppressions have been more long-term and uneven […]

Source: wiktionary

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