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Scapegoating

Scapegoating, sometimes called playing the blame game, is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals (e.g., "he did it, not me!"), individuals against groups (e.g., "I couldn't see anything because of all the tall people"), groups…

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Etymology

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Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflict

Scapegoat mechanism

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Scapegoating

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Triples12
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflict · 6
Scapegoating → In Holocaust, Jews, Nazis, Studies, The, United States
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Scapegoating → hostile tactic often employed to characterize an entire group of individuals according to the unethical or immoral conduct of a small number of individuals belonging to that group, known practice in which a lower staff employee is blamed for the mistakes of senior executives
related to At the individual level · 2
Scapegoating → However, Scapegoated
related to Etymology · 2
Scapegoating → Book, Leviticus

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Scapegoatingis ahostile tactic often employed to characterize an entire group of individuals according to the unethical or immoral conduct of a small number of individuals belonging to that group0.90text
Scapegoatingis aknown practice in which a lower staff employee is blamed for the mistakes of senior executives0.90text
Scapegoatingrelated to At the individual levelScapegoated0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to At the individual levelHowever0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to EtymologyBook0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to EtymologyLeviticus0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictThe0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictStudies0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictUnited States0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictIn Holocaust0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictNazis0.60section
Scapegoatingrelated to Scapegoat theory of intergroup conflictJews0.60section

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