anti-vaccination

adjective

an·​ti-vac·​ci·​n·​ation ˌan-tē-ˌvak-sə-ˈnā-shən  ˌan-ˌtī- 

: opposed to vaccination

But state health officials and vaccine proponents have argued that unvaccinated children pose a health risk to others. They point to the recent measles outbreak in Johnson County and elsewhere, a disease that has reappeared since the anti-vaccination movement has grown.

—Sarah Ritter

Anti-vaccination parents have slammed a new law that bans unimmunised children from kindergartens.

—Thomas Duff

Examples of anti-vaccination in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Denver was the first stop on the anti-vaccination dating app four-state tour to give those opposed to vaccination a chance to meet and fall in love with others who do not understand science. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 24 May 2026

The visit sparked backlash and concern from campus families, about 30 of whom marched outside Cunningham to protest his anti-vaccination views and other health policies that many medical experts say aren’t based in science. — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026

As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me, even as the work comes with the weight of reporting on what can be, in some cases, life-or-death stakes. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2025

Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination. — Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-vaccination

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization