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Definition scare quotes in British English

scare quotes noun

[plural] noun
/ˈskeə(r)ˌkwəʊtz/
1

quotation marks (=the symbols ' and ') used before and after a word or phrase to show that the word or phrase is unusual or perhaps not accurate

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Definition scare quotes in British English