scapegoatingn.
/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪŋ/ The action or practice of making a scapegoat of someone; spec. in Psychology, aggressively punitive behaviour directed for whatever reason against other (weaker) persons or groups.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [noun]
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [noun] > one who is blamed for actions of others > practice of blaming for actions of others
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1943 Veltfort & Lee in Jrnl. Abnormal & Social Psychol. Clin. Suppl. XXXVIII. 138 Scapegoating is a phenomenon wherein some of the aggressive energies of a person or group are focused upon another individual, group, or object.
1950 T. Wiesengrund-Adorno et al. Authoritarian Personality xi. 409 Lack of insight into one's own short~comings and the projection of one's own weaknesses and faults onto others..probably represents the essential aspect of..scapegoating.
1962 Listener 7 June 1002/2 Speaking of scapegoating in new housing blocks, she tells of patients who have actually been robbed finding it difficult to obtain a hearing because they were suspected of paranoid delusions.
1977 C. Husband in H. Giles Lang., Ethnicity & Intergroup Relations ix. 234 The intervention of Powell at a singularly propitious moment..propelled the already vigorous scapegoating process into an unmanageable level.
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