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单词 anti-vax
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anti-vaxn.adj.

Brit. /ˈantɪvaks/, /ˌantɪˈvaks/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)iˌvæks/, /ˈænˌtaɪˌvæks/, /ˈæn(t)əˌvæks/, /ˌæn(t)iˈvæks/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈvæks/, /ˌæn(t)əˈvæks/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, anti-vaxes.
Forms:

α. 1800s antivac, 1800s anti-vack, 1800s–1900s anti-vacc., 2000s– anti-vacc (without point), 2000s– anti-vaccs (without point).

β. 1800s– anti-vax, 2000s– anti-vaxx.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: anti-vaccinist n. and adj.; anti-vaccinationist n. and adj.
Etymology: Originally shortened < anti-vaccinist n. and adj. In later use also partly shortened < anti-vaccinationist n. and adj. With use as adjective compare earlier anti-vaccine adj.The β. forms show phonetic respelling. With the form in -xx compare similar forms at dox n.2, dox v., and see discussion at anti-vaxxer n.
rare before 21st cent.
A. n.
A person opposed to vaccination; = anti-vaxxer n.
ΚΠ
1808 Obstetric Ejaculations on Cow Pock 30 It is the consequence of a letter which I have received from the Secretary of the Antivac's, informing me that [etc.].
1812 E. Jenner Let. 18 Nov. in J. Baron Life of Edward Jenner (1838) II. 383 The Anti-Vacks are assailing me, I see, with all the force they can muster in the newspapers.
1882 R. Neale Med. Digest (ed. 2) 47/2 Epitaph To Jenner, by An Anti-vacc.
1917 Animals' Defender & Zoophilist Oct. 64/1 These are grave errors on the part of a lady who writes so contemptuously of the ‘ignorant’ and of the ‘Anti-Vaccs.’ as persons who are bereft of ‘even one grain of common sense’.
2020 @MacdonellFiona 25 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Mar. 2021) No way do I want to travel on an airplane with any anti-vaxes!
B. adj.
Opposed to vaccination.
ΚΠ
1898 Standard 22 Sept. 7/3 (advt.) Now Ready, Anti-vacc. veracities, By Arthur F. Hopkirk. M. D. An Exposé of Faddist Fiction.
2001 misc.health.alternative 14 Jan. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 16 June 2017) The anti-vax cult.
2017 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 10 Melbourne mother Allie was invited last weekend..to join an anti-vax playgroup with her one-year-old son.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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