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

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antivaccination

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 ● Nov. 24, 2021

“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 ● May 26, 2021

The rise of antivaccination campaigns is frustrating to all of us.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2020

She’s concerned about antivaccination groups and people “who doubt our work and our honesty.”

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 21, 2017

In that sense, the California bill is an improvement, but antivaccination fear-mongers will continue to find a workaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2015