blind quote

noun

A statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.

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Meanings

nounblind quote (plural blind quotes)

plural blind quotes

  1. A statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.

    There is a key line from Wolman that Isou must have missed (“And their revolts were turning into acts of conformity”); blind quotes from John Ford's Rio Grande and from Saint-Just (“Happiness is a new idea in Europe”).

    1989, Greil Marcus, “The Attack on Charlie Chaplin”, in Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009
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APA

blind quote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20quote

MLA

“blind quote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20quote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blind quote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20quote.

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