anti-vaxxerism

Definitions

Political and/or philosophical opposition to vaccination.

uncountable

Examples

“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 conservative press⟳.”

“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.”

“The idea is to guide⟳, manipulate, and herd them into the corral of ring-wing extremism. Anti-vaxxerism has been a more current theme. In this case, people were unified and mobilised to attend⟳ protest⟳ rallies against state-ordered Corona measures.”

CEFR level