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Definition of scare quote in English English dictionary
- A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of the term, rather than to identify a direct quotation
- the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
- Either of a pair of quotation marks used to emphasize a word or phrase or to indicate its special status, especially to express doubt about its validity or to criticize its use
- scare quotes
- plural form of scare quote
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sker kwōtPronunciation
/ˈsker ˈkwōt/ /ˈskɛr ˈkwoʊt/
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