anti-vaccination
anti-vaccination adjective: opposing vaccines and vaccination.
Adjective
anti-vaccination (not comparable)
- Opposing vaccines and vaccination.
- In addition to being anti-biotechnology, there are also many anti-vaccination groups active around the globe. Many of them are playing on society's trend to embrace zero risk on any technology. These groups capitalise on the internet and various rapid communication methods to spread the message in...2000 November, Lorne A Babiuk, “Vaccination: present realities and future prospects”, in Microbiology Australia, volume 21, number 5, The Australian Society for Microbiology, →ISSN, page 19
- We argued above that provaccination advocates would be more likely to use scientific studies and evidence of VPDs when compared to antivaccination advocates. While we did not assess the types of information sources people use for this issue, those with high levels of belief in vaccinations would at...2018, Erika Allen Wolters, Brent S. Steel, When Ideology Trumps Science: Why We Question the Experts on Everything from Climate Change to Vaccinations, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 76
- Synonyms:
- anti-vaccine, anti-vaxxing, anti-vax
- Antonyms:
- pro-vaccination
Synonyms of anti-vaccination
Antonyms
Forms of anti-vaccination
| alternative form | antivaccination |
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Origin of anti-vaccination
From anti- + vaccination.
Questions about anti-vaccination
- What does anti-vaccination mean?
- Anti-vaccination means opposing vaccines and vaccination.
- What part of speech is anti-vaccination?
- Anti-vaccination is an adjective.
Words near anti-vaccination in the dictionary
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