Anti-vaxxery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Opposition to vaccines and vaccination; reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated. informal, uncountable

    "Chadwick cites this as an example of how credulous and ignorant rustic communities were in those days. If one judges by today’s anti-vaxxery, such credulity and ignorance are alive and well, and flourishing on social media."

Synonyms

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anti-vaxxerismanti-vaxxing

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"Chadwick cites this as an example of how credulous and ignorant rustic communities were in those days. If one judges by today’s anti-vaxxery, such credulity and ignorance are alive and well, and flourishing on social media."

Etymology

From anti-vax + -ery or anti-vaxxer + -y.

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