Shooting the messenger
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The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. The rite is described in Leviticus 16.
The word is more widely used as a metaphor, referring to someone who is blamed for misfortunes, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes. Another term for scapegoat is fall guy.
See also
- Bullying
- Displacement (psychology)
- Dehumanization
- Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
- Identified patient
- Mobbing
- Moral panic
- Sacrificial lamb
- Shooting the messenger
- Social stigma
- Stereotype
- Victim blaming
- Victimisation
- Wedge issue
- Witch-hunt
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