anti-vax

adjective

an·​ti-vax
ˌan-tē-ˈvaks,
ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce anti-vax (audio)
variants or less commonly antivax
: anti-vaccination
Aggressive anti-vax campaigns claiming that vaccines are unsafe and can lead to autism—a theory long disproven—drive much of the vaccine hesitancy worldwide.Lily Hyde
The governor, who works hard to straddle the line between being antivax and merely being the friend of the anti-vaxxers, didn't mention the word "vaccine" in his address …News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida)

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Proving once again that anti-vax quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to public health, confirmed measles cases in the United States have hit a 33-year high. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 From their strengthened position, in recent months the anti-vax cabal made its big move, executing a silent coup at the pinnacle of our medical establishment. Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 The secretary is going after issues that have long been bugaboos of him and his anti-vax group, Children's Health Defense. CBS News, 29 June 2025 Hotez, the vaccine researcher, used to see the American anti-vax movement as its own thing, separate from the vaccine skepticism of other countries, which is sometimes tied to a distrust of government that stems from colonial histories, civil wars, and political instability. Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-vax

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-vax was in 1898

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“Anti-vax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vax. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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