anti-vaccinist

English

Noun

anti-vaccinist (plural anti-vaccinists)

1. Alternative form of anti-vaccinationist
   • 1889, Edgar March Crookshank, History and pathology of vaccination v. 1 - Volume 1, page 181:

     There is not a single case, nor a single argument, that puts the weight of a feather in the scale of the anti-vaccinist.

   • 1893, The British Homoeopathic Review - Volume 37, page 637:

     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.

   • 2018, Trung Nguyen, C. Killick Millard, The Vaccination Question in the Light of Modern Experience:

     The thorough going Anti-vaccinist is not merely opposed to vaccination, but hates it as the accursed thing.

Adjective

anti-vaccinist (comparative more anti-vaccinist, superlative most anti-vaccinist)

1. Opposed to vaccination.
   • 1893, The British Homoeopathic Review - Volume 37, page 638:

     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.