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anti-vax en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + vax.

Meanings

1. (informal, not-comparable) Opposing vaccines and vaccination.
   • The anti-vaxx movement punches down and punches hard. Its leaders tend to be men and women from wealthy backgrounds. 2021 January 30, Nick Cohen, “Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history. Look at Andrew Wakefield”, in The Guardian:
   • Online anti-vax communities, most of which are on Facebook, have taken on a very different tone. 2020 June 18, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, in Mother Jones:
   • And, indeed, fashion is already doing its part in the form of pro-vaxx and anti-vaxx T-shirts. Many of the anti-vaxx versions come pre-loaded with Libertarian subtext. 2015 January 21, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, “How Fashion Helped Defeat 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxers”, in The Atlantic:
   • Donald Trump’s habit of projecting his own failings onto his adversaries reached a new level of absurdity on Labor Day, when he attacked the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric” and accused them of a position that “undermines science.” 2020 September 8, Michael Hiltzik, “Column: Trump attacks Biden and Harris as anti-vaccine, but he’s the one with the anti-vaxx record”, in Los Angeles Times:
   • Fernando’s sympathetic coverage of the protests and his coded anti-vax talk made him a folk hero among COVID denialists and anti-lockdowners, who would chant his name whenever he showed up at rallies, and even offer him cash. 2023 February 18, Tim Elliott, “‘He’s exploiting people who are genuinely scared’: Avi Yemini and the art of outrage”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Forms

Antonyms

pro-vax · pro-vaxxing · pro-vaccination · pro-vaccine

Deriveds

anti-vaxer · anti-vaxxery

Relateds

anti-vaxxer · anti-vaccinator · anti-vaccinationist

Synonyms

anti-vaxxing · anti-vaccine · anti-vaccination

Translations (11)

sv vaccinkritisk (opposing vaccination) · pt antivacinação (opposing vaccination) · es antivacunas (opposing vaccination) · pt antivacina (opposing vaccination) · ka ანტივაქსერული (opposing vaccination) · fi rokotevastainen (opposing vaccination) · es antivacuna (opposing vaccination) · hu oltásellenes (opposing vaccination) · it no-vax (opposing vaccination) · fr antivax (opposing vaccination) · pt antivacinas (opposing vaccination)