scapegoat
Kelime Anlamı :
1. günah keçisi.
2. abalı.
3. başkalarının cezasını ve sorumluluğunu yüklenen kimse.
4. şamar oğlanı.
5. Musevilerin günahlarını çöle götürmek üzere başıboş bırakılan keçi.
6. başkalarının cezasını çeken.
7. günah keçi.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
one that is made to bear the blame of others.
2. bible A live goat over whose head aaron confessed all the sins of the children of israel on the day of atonement. the goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
3. to make a scapegoat of.
2. bible A live goat over whose head aaron confessed all the sins of the children of israel on the day of atonement. the goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
3. to make a scapegoat of.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
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.
2. someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
3. to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
4. to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
2. someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
3. to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
4. to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
2. hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
2. hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English