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scapegoating

 

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Scapegoating
  1. Noun:
    • The act of blaming a person or a group for the mistakes or wrongdoing of others, often resulting in unjust treatment towards the scapegoat.
    • Example sentence: The politician used scapegoating to divert attention from his own failures and place the blame on an innocent minority group.
  2. Verb (present participle):
    • Engaging in the act of blaming others and making them a scapegoat for one's own faults or errors.
    • Example sentence: The manager was scapegoating his employees for the company's declining profits rather than accepting responsibility for his poor decision-making.

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