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“Disorganization” or “Disorganisation”

Language

Disorganization and disorganisation are both English terms.

Usage

Disorganization is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while disorganisation is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
disorganization 100 49 82 100 100 35 0 0 100 100 0 0
disorganisation 0 51 18 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 51 to 49 preference for "disorganisation" over "disorganization".
  • In India, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (82 to 18).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 65 to 35 preference for "disorganisation" over "disorganization".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "disorganization" and "disorganisation".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "disorganization" and "disorganisation".
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (100 to 0).
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "disorganization" over "disorganisation" (100 to 0).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "disorganization" and "disorganisation".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "disorganization" and "disorganisation".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use disorganization or disorganisation with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “disorganization”

  • …negative symptoms, thought and action disorganization, cognition impairment, catatonia, and symptoms…
  • …with what they called Social Disorganization Theory, they claimed that subcultures…
  • …and mind, and the present disorganization of society warns us that…
  • …Moscow and accused of intentional disorganization of defense and retreat without
  • 80-1110 allowed for the disorganization of townships and assigning those…
  • …Hephthalites, taking advantage of their disorganization and disunity.
  • …for a fourth year because disorganization by the Miss Universe Organization…
  • …had given way to complete disorganization of agriculture by the ill-conceived…
  • …the election and thereby causing disorganization to worsen; he defended himself…
  • Social disorganization theory is intended to be…

Examples of “disorganisation”

  • Their disorganisation is seen to be responsible…
  • …positing that conflict and social disorganisation are the underlying causes of…
  • …again, despite its losses and disorganisation, until a patrol revealed that…
  • …the defences and the general disorganisation of the colony.
  • …"often soothing chaos and ambient disorganisation."
  • …intercepted messages, which showed the disorganisation of the German command in…
  • This was partly due to disorganisation, partially to Swiss efforts to…
  • …Winter War laid bare the disorganisation and ineffectiveness of the Red…
  • …1941, months of idleness and disorganisation contributed to the disasters in
  • …but signal failures led to disorganisation and the X Corps line…


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