scare quote

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Traduccions

ironisches Anführungszeichen

guillemet ironique

cita de miedo

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

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