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Synonyms for folk devil

Most common

scapegoat

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person or type of person blamed by the public for various ills, as during a moral panic.

Related words

Is a kind of
pariah

Example sentences

  • scapegoat Sami selected Layla to be the scapegoat.

By length

9 letters
scapegoat2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scapegoat2 = 2 syllables).