scapegoats

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A form of scapegoat — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of scapegoat
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of scapegoat
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APA

scapegoats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoats

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“scapegoats.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoats. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scapegoats,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoats.

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