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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.



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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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