how to pronounce scapegoat
/ˈskɛɪp.ɡəʊt/
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scapegoat is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of scapegoat in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… Kimmel was made a scapegoat for failures …”
meanings of scapegoat
noun:
- Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
- 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.
verb:
- To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
- To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
scapegoat frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word scapegoat occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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