scapegoat artinya
kambing hitam
UK/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt//ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/
scapegoat in Indonesian: kambing hitam. In English, scapegoat means 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.
Indonesian words for scapegoat
- someone blamed for someone else's error(s)
- kambing hitam
English meaning of scapegoat
- noun 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.
- noun Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
- verb To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
scapegoat in a sentence
- He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!
Synonyms of scapegoat
scapegoat in other languages
Questions about scapegoat in Indonesian
- What is the meaning of scapegoat in Indonesian?
- Scapegoat in Indonesian is kambing hitam.
- Apa arti scapegoat?
- Scapegoat: kambing hitam.
- What does scapegoat mean in English?
- Scapegoat means 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: scapegoat (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Indonesian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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