folk devil

English - Turkish

Definition of folk devil in English Turkish dictionary

halkın suçlu tabakası

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folk devils

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) halkın şeytanları

English - English

Definition of folk devil in English English dictionary

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

It may be true, as Fred Robinson, a senior researcher at Newcastle University said, Many people view Mrs. Thatcher as a kind of folk devil..

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folk devils

plural form of folk devil

Hyphenation

folk de·vil

Turkish pronunciation

fōk devıl

Synonyms

scapegoat

Pronunciation

/ˈfōk ˈdevəl/ /ˈfoʊk ˈdɛvəl/