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plural noun

a pair of quotation marks used around a term or phrase to indicate that the writer does not think it is being used appropriately or that the writer is using it in a specialized sense: a “huge breakthrough” in the negotiations. Compare air quotes.

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scare quotes

—*pl n*
	quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true

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