anti-vaccine
- noun
- /ˌæn.tiˈvæk.siːn/
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antivacuna
- Although there has always been an anti-vaccine movement, its most recent incarnation is built primarily around the idea that vaccines somehow cause autism.
Examples
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And in that context, there's a small number of anti vaccine advocates that provide malicious misinformation.
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Many parents are concerned about the influence of anti-vaccine groups on public health.
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The problem is that more and more of the anti vaccine movement is not specific to vaccines.
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I was driving through Newcastle city centre and there was a anti vaccine protest.
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I can, however, see one criticism that anti-vaccine zealots will level at it.
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So for instance, let's say that you were ardently pro vaccine and there is someone that was anti vaccine during COVID.
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Then there was, you know, this whole idea of tying anti vaccine sentiment to anti mandate sentiment, right?
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If you're one of those Trump people who's supporting the truckers in their anti vaccine mandate, but we're going to close your bank account.
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If there's one thing about the anti-vaccine movement that I've learned over the last several years, it's that it's nothing if not, for lack of a better word, nearly infinitely pliable.
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He has given speeches at anti-vaccine conferences and testified before Congress, various state legislatures, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
Opposition to vaccines because people think they are not needed or unsafe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
anti-vaccine = anti-vaccine (transparent) = anti + vaccine
The noun is a straightforward conversion from the adjective anti-vaccine, referring to a person characterized by that stance.
Etymology
Anti-vaccine as a noun uses the same parts: anti- 'against' plus vaccine from Latin vacca 'cow', so it literally names a person who is 'against' vaccines. A helpful way to remember anti- is to think of words like antibiotic or antifreeze, which also mean 'against'.
