antivaccination

American  

[an-tee-vak-suh-ney-shuhn, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˌvæk səˈneɪ ʃən, ˌæn taɪ- /

Or anti-vaccination

adjective

1. opposed to vaccines and vaccination.

   An image of a skeleton was adopted by the 19th-century anti-vaccination movement to scare people, especially parents, into forgoing smallpox vaccination.

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Etymology

Origin of antivaccination

First recorded in 1875–80; anti- ( def. ) + vaccination ( def. )

Example Sentences

In Rockland County, where antivaccination sentiment runs high, just 60% of children under age 2 had received the full three doses of IPV in August.

From Science Magazine

In Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley, the figure is 28%, and in Marin County, once a hotbed of antivaccination sentiment, it’s an astonishing 46%, according to a Times analysis of state data.

From Los Angeles Times

The paper has drawn nearly 350,000 readers as of 1 July and has been tweeted by antivaccination activists with hundreds of thousands of followers.

From Science Magazine

“I can’t believe people are using this database now to try to form this antivaccination argument,” says Eric Formeister, an ear surgeon at Johns Hopkins University.

From Science Magazine

Hallal, who coordinates Brazil’s largest COVID-19 epidemiology research project, had called Bolsonaro “despicable,” citing the president’s antivaccination rhetoric and his political interference in the selection of university rectors.

From Science Magazine