Organisability

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The degree to which something can be arranged, ordered or systematically structured into a coherent whole
2. The capacity of a thing, task or group of people to be put into an orderly arrangement or method
3. How readily a set of items, activities or resources can be brought under systematic control and arranged

Etymology: "Organisability" is the British spelling of "organizability," a noun meaning the quality of being able to be organised. Its parts are "organisable," an adjective built on "organise" (or "organize," from the Latin "organum," a tool or instrument), and the suffix "-ity," which turns adjectives into nouns of quality, as in "ability" or "stability." The noun is a straightforward formation: the adjective came first, and the abstract noun was made from it by adding the suffix. The word dates from around 1832, when "organizable" was already in use, so the noun followed the adjective within a short space of time. Because it is simply the adjective with a noun-forming ending, its meaning stays close to the adjective's: something is "organisability" when it can be arranged into a coherent system, group or order.

Synonyms: organizability