Scapegoating (from the verb `to scapegoat`) is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a scapegoat. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals (e.g. `he did it, not me!`), individuals against groups (e.g., `I failed because our school favors girls`), groups against individuals...
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Blaming an individual or group for wrongs that were not of their doing.
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Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilised in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(skāp´gōt-ing) a process by which an individual or group is identified as being different from others and becomes the focus of the group's fears, anger, or aggression.
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