en scapegoat

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, OpenCyc 2012, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca cap de turc (n, person) ➜
  • ca tapaforats (n, person) ➜
  • sh žrtveni jarac ➜
  • sh žrtveno janje ➜
  • en whipping boy (n, person) ➜
  • es cabeza de turco (n, person) ➜
  • es chivo expiatorio (n, person) ➜
  • es víctima propiciatoria (n, person) ➜
  • eu ahuntz-buru (n, person) ➜
  • eu bekatari (n, person) ➜
  • eu errudun (n, person) ➜
  • eu kopla-buruko (n, person) ➜
  • eu nozitzeko ahuntz (n, person) ➜
  • eu petxero (n, person) ➜
  • fi sijaiskärsijä (n, person) ➜
  • fi syntipukki (n, person) ➜
  • fr bouc émissaire (n, person) ➜
  • gl chibo expiatorio (n, person) ➜
  • it capro espiatorio (n, person) ➜
  • ja スケープゴート (n) ➜
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Related terms

  • ady бзэджэтелъхьапӏ (n) ➜
  • de buhmann (n) ➜
  • de sündenbock (n) ➜
  • el αποδιοπομπαίοσ τράγοσ (n) ➜
  • en blame canada (v) ➜
  • en bogeyism (n) ➜
  • en buck (n) ➜
  • en go down (v) ➜
  • en goat (n) ➜
  • en joe soap (n) ➜
  • en lone gunman ➜
  • en look for dog to kick ➜
  • en blame canada ➜
  • en blameshift ➜
  • en escape ➜
  • en scapegoater ➜
  • en scapegoating ➜
  • en scapegoatism ➜
  • en stool pigeon ➜
  • en error ➜
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Word forms

  • en escape goat (n) ➜
  • en escapegoat (n) ➜
  • en scapegoated (v) ➜
  • en scapegoating (v) ➜
  • en scapegoats (n) ➜
  • en scapegoats (v) ➜

Derived terms

  • en scapegoater ➜
  • en scapegoatish ➜
  • en scapegoatism ➜

scapegoat is a type of…

  • en victim (n, person) ➜
  • en social being (n) ➜

Derived from

  • en goat ➜
  • en scape ➜

Things that don't want scapegoat

  • en a person ➜

scapegoat is capable of…

  • en shoulder the blame ➜

Etymologically related

  • he אוזל ➜
  • he עז ➜
  • he עזאזל ➜

Links to other resources

  • umbel.org /umbel/sc/Scapegoat
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Scapegoat
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 110574739-n
  • en.wiktionary.org scapegoat
  • fr.wiktionary.org scapegoat
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