Meanings
alternative antivaxxery
- informaluncountableOpposition to vaccines and vaccination; reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated.
Chadwick cites this as an example of how credulous and ignorant rustic communities were in those days. If one judges by today’s anti-vaxxery, such credulity and ignorance are alive and well, and flourishing on social media.
2021 January 5, Charles Moore, “Heartening news from the NHS front line finally gives us something to clap about”, in The Telegraph1 more example
He posted a video supposedly showing Biden deepfakery. It has been viewed 1.4 million times. Other posts on his feed promote antivaxxery and Herschel Walker, who is running for a Senate seat in Georgia and who has claimed he was an FBI agent and came close to murdering someone until voices in his head told him not to do it.
2022 August 2, Tim Rogers, “No, There Are Not 10 Joe Bidens”, in D MagazineSynonyms: anti-vaxxerism, anti-vaxxing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOpposition to vaccines and vaccination; reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated.
Origin
From anti-vax + -ery or anti-vaxxer + -y.
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