"anti-vaxxer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-anti-vaxxer.ogg [Australia] Forms: anti-vaxxers [plural]
Etymology: From anti-vax + -er or anti- + vax + -er. Equivalent to anti- + vaxxer. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anti-vax|-er|id2=ideology}} anti-vax + -er, {{af|en|anti-|vax|-er|id3=ideology}} anti- + vax + -er, {{af|en|anti-|vaxxer}} anti- + vaxxer Head templates: {{en-noun}} anti-vaxxer (plural anti-vaxxers)
  1. (informal) A person who opposes vaccination, as for its purported dangerous effects. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Coronavirus, People Synonyms: anti-vaccinationist, anti-jabber [informal], anti-vaxer, antivaxer, antivaxxer Related terms: anti-vaccination, anti-vaccine, anti-vax, anti-vaxxery, anti-vaxxing, vaxx Translations (person who opposes vaccination): vaksinasieweieraar (Afrikaans), antivax [feminine, masculine] (French), Impfgegner [masculine] (German), Impfgegnerin [feminine] (German), αντιεμβολιαστής (antiemvoliastís) [masculine] (Greek), antivaccinista (Italian), антива́ксер (antivákser) [masculine] (Macedonian), antivaksinist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), antyszczepionkowiec [masculine] (Polish), antyszczep [masculine] (Polish), proepidemik [masculine] (Polish), antivacina [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), antivacinas [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), antivacinação [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), антивакцина́тор (antivakcinátor) [masculine] (Russian), антиприви́вочник (antiprivívočnik) [masculine] (Russian), антиприви́вочница (antiprivívočnica) [feminine] (Russian), антива́ксер (antiváksɛr) [masculine] (Russian), antivacunas [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), antivaxare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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