antivax

or an·ti-vax

[ an-tee-vaks, an-tahy- ]

adjective

, Informal.

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

   antivax parents;

   the antivax movement.

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 )

Example Sentences

I did not expect that the Internet would be used to power the antivax movement in such a terrible way.

From Time