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folk devil
Noun
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
社会的不安や道徳パニックの際に、公衆から様々な社会問題の原因として非難される特定の個人や集団を指す表現 / ある種の悪の象徴として、社会や文化の中でスケープゴートにされる対象
（ plural ）
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(idiomatic, sociology) A person or type of person blamed by the public for various ills, as during a moral panic.
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folk devil
A folk devil emerged during the scare, with ordinary youth singled out and blamed for the community's moral decline.
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A folk devil emerged during the scare, with ordinary youth singled out and blamed for the community's moral decline.
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