Scare Quote
nounid
135957·updated May 18, 2026verified
the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Scare Quotes
- possessive
- Scare Quote's
- pluralpossessive
- Scare Quotes'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
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