antivax

American  

[an-tee-vaks, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈvæks, ˌæn taɪ- /

Sometimes anti-vaxx or anti-vax

adjective

Informal.

1. opposed to vaccines and vaccination; antivaccination: the antivax movement.

   antivax parents;

   the antivax movement.

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Etymology

Origin of antivax

First recorded in 1810–15 as Anti-Vacks (in the sense “persons opposed to vaccination”), in a letter by Edward Jenner); anti- + vax ( def. )

Example Sentences

Kennedy’s vaccine committee endorses flu shots — but only if they don’t include an ingredient antivax groups have falsely tied to autism.

From Los Angeles Times

Taylor grew up there in Mullumbimby, a small hamlet in northern New South Wales, and a town she describes as “dirty hippie, no shoes, like antivax, organic food.”

From Los Angeles Times

Veteran pseudoscience debunker David Gorski identified them within a day of its official publication, calling the paper “antivax propaganda disguised as a survey,” noting Skidmore’s record of anti-vaccine commentary, and asking: “How on earth did BMC Infectious Diseases publish such dreck?”

From Los Angeles Times

One person dismissed the monologue as “antivax nonsense,” while another questioned who at NBC “approved this.”

From Los Angeles Times

According to an analysis by DiResta and Gilad Lotan, a data scientist, there had not been much overlap between what they call “Tea Party conservative” and “antivax” Twitter before 2015.

From New York Times