The Curious Origins of the Word ‘Scapegoat’
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The Curious Origins of the Word ‘Scapegoat’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The term ‘scapegoat’ is well-known: it refers to an innocent person who has to carry the blame for something on behalf of other people. As the Oxford English Dictionary defines the word: the ‘scapegoat’ is ‘one of two goats that was chosen by lot to be sent alive into ...
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