Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

electionitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elec-tioni-tis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anxiety, boredom, or fatigue over elections and political campaigns.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""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?"
"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."

Etymology

From election + -itis.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does electionitis mean?: Anxiety, boredom, or fatigue over elections and political campaigns.
Where does electionitis come from?: From election + -itis.

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