scare quote
scare quote · scare quotes
ironisches Anführungszeichen
A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the…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.
Meaning
1 senses(in the plural)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.
ironisches Anführungszeichen
More definitions
- the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Translations
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By meaning 1
quotation mark used to provoke reaction:
Origin
Coined by British analytic philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe in 1956 in her essay “Aristotle aCoined by British analytic philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe in 1956 in her essay “Aristotle and the Sea Battle”. Originally spelt with a hyphen.
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