scapegoatism

American

[skayp-goh-tiz-uhm] / ˈskeɪp goʊˌtɪz əm /

noun

the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.

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scapegoatism

"There's still some scapegoatism around, people who still make excuses for it all and say everybody's doing it anyway," noted a G.O.P. leader in Massachusetts.

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