a person who opposes vaccination/immunization, claiming that the practice is harmful. the term typically carries a derogatory connotation, implying both science illiteracy and a failure to think critically.
We can thank the anti-vaxxers and their ill-informed propaganda for the resurgence in measles and other preventable diseases in the 21st century.
by synthesist October 10, 2015
Get the anti-vaxxermug. Someone who does not know what the definition of "research" is, has a Google phd, is anti-science or lacks the critical thinking skills to determine real science from pseudoscience, and parrots other people's ill-informed conclusions about vaccination.
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by Youarenotawake October 10, 2015
Get the Anti-vaxxermug. by ShillNation345 October 10, 2015
Get the anti-vaxxermug. Someone who thinks searching Google and reading blogs provides a better education than years of medical school, studying for board exams, and medical practice.
by turtlegirl784 October 9, 2015
Get the anti-vaxxermug. A person dead set on listening to conspiracy theories about "Big Pharma" and ignoring all evidence to the contrary. Hallmarks of your typical anti-vaxxer include a staggeringly overinflated ego, pervasive selfishness, and insistence that they know more than real doctors/researchers because they read mommy blogs. An anti-vaxxer is also likely to view children as their property with no medical rights of their own (MY child, MY choice).
Joe: Why do things like measles and pertussis still kill people today?
Martha: Because anti-vaxxers only care about themselves and their "rights" to control their children. Science has eradicated these diseases - it's too bad it's fashionable for anti-vaxxers to flout science and make their children suffer with preventable diseases.
Martha: Because anti-vaxxers only care about themselves and their "rights" to control their children. Science has eradicated these diseases - it's too bad it's fashionable for anti-vaxxers to flout science and make their children suffer with preventable diseases.
by Tess of the d'Ubershills October 9, 2015
Get the Anti-vaxxermug. Someone who eschews legitimate scientific research and the advice of most of the medical community, putting unsuspecting others in harm's way.
Her ignorance led her to become an anti-vaxxer despite current scientific literature running contrary to her beliefs.
by RagnarPickles October 9, 2015
Get the Anti-vaxxermug. Empirically, a science denialist. Rejecting the overwhelming evidence against their views, they prefer to see children suffer preventable diseases.
by Pie Fka October 9, 2015
Get the anti-vaxxermug.