antivaccination

or an·ti-vac·ci·na·tion

[ an-tee-vak-suh-ney-shuhn, an-tahy- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antivaccination¹

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

Example Sentences

That includes states in which antivaccination politics reign, such as Florida, where the Republican-appointed surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, has issued antivax recommendations so misleading that he was publicly rebuked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

From Los Angeles Times

Giorgos Floridis, a former Socialist Cabinet minister from the town of Kilkis in northern Greece — a Niki stronghold — told The Associated Press that Niki is rooted in pandemic-era antivaccination movements.

From Seattle Times

Maybe you’re repulsed by the open racism voiced by Fox star anchor Tucker Carlson, not to mention his noxious spouting of antimasking and antivaccination claptrap that undermines public health.

From Los Angeles Times

Newsom portrayed the campaign to oust the governor as a “life and death” battle against Trumpism and far-right antivaccination activists, and he seized on the top Republican trying to replace him, conservative talk radio host Larry Elder.

From Los Angeles Times

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