scapegoating
bullying – Use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others dehumanization – Behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others hazing – Rituals of humiliation used to initiate someone into a group human sacrifice – Killing one or more humans, usually as an offering to a deity, as part of a ritual moral panic – Feeling of fear spread among many people that some evil threatens the well-being of society Stereotype – Over-generalized belief about a particular category of people witch-hunt – Search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, or mass hysteria