scare quote

Betekenis (Engels)

A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation.

Sinonieme

citation

lending

loaning

quotation

Vertalings

ironisches Anführungszeichen

guillemet ironique

aspas irônicas

aspas irónicas

cita de miedo

Etimologie (Engels)

Coined by British analytic philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe in 1956 in her essay “Aristotle and the Sea Battle”. Originally spelt with a hyphen as scare-quotes.