Scapegoats

Synonyms for "scapegoats" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
accuseblameblame shifting

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
deflectfall guyframe

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
assignment of blameblameblame mechanismblame targetsocial mechanismtarget of blame

More specific

7 entries
economic scapegoatingethnic scapegoatinginstitutional scapegoatingmedia scapegoatingorganizational scapegoatpolitical scapegoatpolitical scapegoating

Collocations

9 entries
blame shiftingeconomic scapegoatingethnic scapegoatinginstitutional scapegoatingmedia scapegoatingpolitical scapegoatingscapegoat assignmentscapegoat mechanismscapegoating process

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Dictators use marginalized populations as scapegoats.

Source: tatoeba (7584145)

Looking for scapegoats is the easiest kind of hunting.

Source: tatoeba (12835862)

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