anti-vaccinationist
See also: antivaccinationist
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + vaccination + -ist.
Noun
[edit]anti-vaccinationist (plural anti-vaccinationists)
- One who opposes vaccination.
- Synonyms: anti-vaccinator, (informal) anti-vaxxer
- Antonyms: pro-vaccinationist, vaccinationist
- 2019 December 10, Tess Lanzarotta, “How to beat anti-vaxxers at their own game”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- In the past, physicians and vaccine producers were remarkably flexible and politically astute when making claims about vaccine safety or responding to anti-vaccinationists. To defeat anti-vaxxers’ campaign of misinformation, the same thing must happen today.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who opposes vaccination — see anti-vaxxer