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scare quotes

Summary

scare quotes ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • scare quotes's subclass of is recorded as quotation mark[2].
  • scare quotes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/041wcn[3].
  • scare quotes's Quora topic ID is recorded as Scare-Quotes[4].
  • scare quotes's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781039233[5].
  • scare quotes's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ScareQuotes[6].

Why It Matters

scare quotes ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scare quotes. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scare-quotes
MLA “scare quotes.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scare-quotes.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scare-quotes_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scare quotes}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scare-quotes}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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