Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized incident that involves allegations of wrongdoing, disgrace, or moral outrage. A scandal may be based on reality, the product of false allegations, or a mixture of both.
Some scandals are broken by whistleblowers who reveal wrongdoing within organizations or groups, most notably Deep Throat (William Mark Felt) during the 1970s Watergate scandal that involved President Richard Nixon. Falsely alleged scandals can lead to witch-hunts against the innocent. Sometimes an attempt to cover up a scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails. Classes of scandals include:
*Political scandals
*Sex scandals
*Academic scandals
*Sporting scandals (especially Olympic Games scandals)Western world
The United States in the 1950s was swept by a wave of game show scandals. Another major type of scandal is a corporate, especially those that involve accounting. A wave of such scandals swept American companies in 2002. Nineteenth-century Western society's Seven Social Scandals were fraud, bankruptcy, unwed pregnancy, adultery, homosexuality, divorce, and illegitimacy.Fact|date=March 2008Dubious|date=March 2008 In the United States, scandals are often referred to with a -gate suffix, particularly political .
List of scandals
*Corporate scandals
*Journalistic scandals
*Roman Catholic sexual abuse cases
*List of Christian evangelist scandals
*List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
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Scandal — • A word or action evil in itself, which occasions another s spiritual ruin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Scandal Scandal † … Catholic encyclopedia
scandal — UK US /ˈskændəl/ noun ► [C or U] an action or event that shocks people and makes them feel disapproval: cause/create (a) scandal »The politician s behaviour caused a scandal. a scandal breaks/erupts »When the subprime loan scandal broke, the… … Financial and business terms
scandal — SCANDÁL, scandaluri, s.n. 1. Zarvă, vâlvă produsă de o faptă reprobabilă, ruşinoasă; indignare, revoltă provocată de o asemenea faptă. ♦ Zgomot mare, gălăgie, tărăboi. ♢ expr. (fam.) A face cuiva scandal = a mustra aspru, a certa pe cineva cu… … Dicționar Român
SCANDAL — (groupe japonais) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Scandal. Scandal Pays d’origine Japon … Wikipédia en Français
Scandal — Scan dal, n. [F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ?, a snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal: cf. OE. scandle, OF. escandle. See {Slander}.] 1. Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scandal — «Scandal» Canción de Queen Álbum The Miracle Publicación 1989 Grabación … Wikipedia Español
Scandal — (engl. für Skandal) bezeichnet: den britischen Spielfilm Scandal des Regisseurs Michael Caton Jones von 1989 über die Ereignisse der Profumo Affäre die 1989 erschienene Single von Queen, siehe den Albumartikel The Miracle die Rockband Scandal (US … Deutsch Wikipedia
Scandal — Scan dal, v. t. 1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. [R.] [1913 Webster] I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] Bp. Story. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scandal — I noun aspersion, attaint, bad name, bad reputation, bad repute, baseness, brand, censure, damaging report, dedecoration, defamation, degradation, disapprobation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation,… … Law dictionary
scandal — (n.) 1580s, discredit caused by irreligious conduct, from M.Fr. scandale, from L.L. scandalum cause for offense, stumbling block, temptation, from Gk. skandalon a trap or snare laid for an enemy, in New Testament, metaphorically as a stumbling… … Etymology dictionary
Scandal — Scandal, so v.w. Skandal … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon