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scapegoatings

scapegoatings is the plural of scapegoating.

Meaning of scapegoating

Noun

scapegoating (plural scapegoatings)

  1. The act of making somebody a scapegoat.
    • Nazi persecution of Jews, as with other scapegoatings, was focused, systematic and directly lethal. Other oppressions have been more long-term and uneven […]1989, Alan Sinfield, Literature, Politics, and Culture in Postwar Britain, page 224

Questions about scapegoatings

What is scapegoatings the plural of?
Scapegoatings is the plural of scapegoating.

Words near scapegoatings in the dictionary

  1. scapegoatable
  2. scapegoated
  3. scapegoater
  4. scapegoaters
  5. scapegoating
  6. scapegoatings
  7. scapegoatish
  8. scapegoatism
  9. scapegoatisms
  10. scapegoats
  11. scapegrace

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