Antivaccination

/ˌæntiˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən/ adjective

Opposed to vaccination; against the practice of giving vaccines to prevent diseases.

From anti- (against) + vaccination (from Latin vacca, cow, referencing the original cowpox vaccine used by Jenner). Term emerged after vaccination became widespread in the 1800s.

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