Style Guidelines
Style guides generally recommend the avoidance of scare quotes in impartial works, such as in encyclopedia articles or academic discussion.
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), 15th edition acknowledges this type of use but cautions against overuse in section 7.58: "Quotation marks are often used to alert readers that a term is used in a nonstandard, ironic, or other special sense They imply 'This is not my term' or 'This is not how the term is usually applied.' Like any such device, scare quotes lose their force and irritate readers if overused."
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