scare quote
Meaning
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.
Translations
ironisches Anführungszeichen
guillemet ironique
aspas irônicas
cita de miedoEtymology
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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