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antivax
or an·ti-vax
[ an-tee-vaks, an-tahy- ]
adjective
, Informal.
- opposed to vaccines and vaccination; antivaccination: the antivax movement.
antivax parents;
the antivax movement.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of antivax1
First recorded in 1810–15 as Anti-Vacks (in the sense “persons opposed to vaccination”), in a letter by Edward Jenner); anti- + vax ( def )
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Example Sentences
I did not expect that the Internet would be used to power the antivax movement in such a terrible way.
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