anti-vaxxerism
anti-vaxxerism noun: political and/or philosophical opposition to vaccination.
Noun
anti-vaxxerism (uncountable)
- Political and/or philosophical opposition to vaccination.
- Even worse than budget fetishism has been the cultural commitment of the government to climate denialism and do-nothingism. The right's commentariat peddles anti-science nonsense on a par with anti-vaxxerism and flat-Earth cosmology, eagerly lapped up by the mostly elderly readership of the...2020 January 4, John Quiggin, “Bushfire smoke's impact will linger long after the air clears”, in The Canberra Times
- One of my experiences with anti-vaxxerism traces back to my spouse's concerns immediately after our first son was born (in 2010) that MMR vaccination might be linked to autism.2022, Anthony DiMaggio, “Vaccine Hucksterism: VAERS and the War on Medical Science”, in CounterPunch
- Synonyms:
- anti-vaxxery
Examples of anti-vaxxerism in a sentence
- The right's commentariat peddles anti-science nonsense on a par with anti-vaxxerism and flat-Earth cosmology, eagerly lapped up by the mostly elderly readership of the conservative press.2020 January 4, John Quiggin, “Bushfire smoke's impact will linger long after the air clears”, in The Canberra Times:
- Anti-vaxxerism has been a more current theme.2025, Thomas Klikauer, “Communicating Conspiracy Fantasies”, in Savaş Çoban, Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu, editors, Media, Populism and Hate...
Synonyms of anti-vaxxerism
Origin of anti-vaxxerism
From anti-vaxxer + -ism.
Questions about anti-vaxxerism
- What does anti-vaxxerism mean?
- Anti-vaxxerism means political and/or philosophical opposition to vaccination.
- How do you use anti-vaxxerism in a sentence?
- The right's commentariat peddles anti-science nonsense on a par with anti-vaxxerism and flat-Earth cosmology, eagerly lapped up by the mostly elderly readership of the conservative press.
- What part of speech is anti-vaxxerism?
- Anti-vaxxerism is a noun.
Words near anti-vaxxerism in the dictionary
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