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    Scare quotes
    /ˈsker ˌkwōts/

    plural

    • 1. quotation marks used around a word or phrase when they are not required, thereby eliciting attention or doubts: "putting the term “global warming” in scare quotes serves to subtly cast doubt on the reality of such a phenomenon"

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