English
suffragitis
From suffrage + -itis, as though it were a disease.
Formed from suffrage + -itis
Latin suffrāgō
Classical Latin suffrāgium ‘support, vote, right of voting’
Middle English suffrage ‘prayers or pleas on behalf of another’
English suffrage
Today it means
noun The attitude of the suffragettes; women's desire to vote in elections, regarded as unreasonable.
Sources
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Etymograph / suffragitis