Meanings
plural anti-vaccinists
- alternativeAlternative form of anti-vaccinationist.
The thorough going Anti-vaccinist is not merely opposed to vaccination, but hates it as the accursed thing.
2018, Trung Nguyen, C. Killick Millard, The Vaccination Question in the Light of Modern Experience2 more examples
There is not a single case, nor a single argument, that puts the weight of a feather in the scale of the anti-vaccinist.
1889, Edgar March Crookshank, History and pathology of vaccination v. 1 - Volume 1, page 181I was quite accurate in saying that not a single anti-vaccinist was appointed on the Commission. Dr.. Collins was appointed as a sceptic seeking for information, and Mr. Picton, M.P., as opposed to compulsion; if they are now anti-vaccinist, this development has been due to what they have heard before the Commission, but,. as far as I know, has been avowed by neither.
1893, The British Homoeopathic Review - Volume 37, page 637
comparative more anti-vaccinist · superlative most anti-vaccinist
- Opposed to vaccination.
1 more example
I was quite accurate in saying that not a single anti-vaccinist was appointed on the Commission. Dr.. Collins was appointed as a sceptic seeking for information, and Mr. Picton, M.P., as opposed to compulsion; if they are now anti-vaccinist, this development has been due to what they have heard before the Commission, but, as far as I know, has been avowed by neither.
1893, The British Homoeopathic Review - Volume 37, page 638
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