scapegoat
scapegoat
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syntipukki, sijaiskärsijä
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Synonyymisanakirja: scapegoat
scapegoat
syntipukki, sijaiskärsijä, uhri.
Riimisanakirja: scapegoat
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In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
He is making me a scapegoat.
1834, Thomas Babington Macaulay, "William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2332
puhekieltä To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
1950, Rachel Davis DuBois, Neighbors in Action: A Manual for Local Leaders in Intergroup Relations, p37
1975, Richard M. Harris, Adam Kendon, Mary Ritchie Key, Organization of Behavior in Face-to-face Interaction, p66
1992, George H.W. Bush, State of the Union Address http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5047
2004, Yvonne M. Agazarian, Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups, p208
puhekieltä To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.