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electionitis

electionitis noun: anxiety, boredom, or fatigue over elections and political campaigns.

Noun

electionitis (uncountable)

  1. Anxiety, boredom, or fatigue over elections and political campaigns.
    • "But somehow I do wish it would slow down the number of elections because it is getting quite tiring!" People are "a little bit fatigued at electionitis", he said, So, why has this campaign been so lacklustre, especially compared with the Northern Ireland Assembly election in March?2017 June 2, “General election 2017: Are you suffering from electionitis?”, in BBC
    • I know the doctors are rather busy at the moment, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and all, but I think some researcher somewhere should look into the plague of electionitis that seems to be sweeping across the land.2021 September 12, “Tales from the dump: It’s called electionitus”, in NNSL Media

Origin of electionitis

From election + -itis.

Questions about electionitis

What does electionitis mean?
Electionitis means anxiety, boredom, or fatigue over elections and political campaigns.
What part of speech is electionitis?
Electionitis is a noun.

Words near electionitis in the dictionary

  1. electioneered
  2. electioneerer
  3. electioneerers
  4. electioneering
  5. electioneers
  6. electionitis
  7. electionless
  8. electionlike
  9. elections
  10. elections of remedies
  11. electionspeak

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