scare quote
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scare quote
- (Principalement au pluriel) Guillemet ironique.
- One other important figure in postmodern thought is Richard Rorty, who might be characterized as master of the scare quote. — (“The Retreat From Inquiry and Knowledge in Special Education.”, Journal of Special Education, 1 janvier 2001)
- He is inordinately fond of the scare quote, a sign that he is not really sure of what he’s talking about. — (P Timms, What’s Wrong with Contemporary Art?, 2004)
- An incidental pleasure is his witty mastery of the scare quote and the square bracket. — (“Where Hairsplitting Can Become High Drama”, New York Sun, 6 septembre 2006)
- I put the relevant pronouns in scare quote because Bundy’s interviewers succeeded in getting Bundy to talk about his crimes only by allowing him to describe them in the third person — (D Jeske, “Friendship and the grounds of reasons”, papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca, 2008)
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- (Australie) : écouter « scare quote [Prononciation ?] »
Voir aussi modifier
- scare quote sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)
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- Cette page utilise des informations de l’article du Wiktionnaire en anglais, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 : scare quote. (liste des auteurs et autrices)