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advisability

advisability

2 6.8
Whether something is a good idea
  • noun
  • /ədˈvaɪzəˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : conveniencia
  • Accordingly, when considering the advisability of administering a comprehensive assessment, each guideline should be considered in the light of the others.

Examples

  • Clearly these criticisms raise serious questions about the meaning and advisability of a "socialist option."

    Academic text (1992)
  • Finally, the papers as a whole raise questions regarding the advisability and feasibility of developing more systematic data-based answers to the question of expected progress that can inform future policy decisions.

    Academic text (2001)
  • When this bill was initially introduced in 1918, the hierarchy was far from united about the advisability of opposing it.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The action can be chosen on the basis of a wide variety of teaching information, such as the advisability of an action given a student's preferred style of learning.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Then I wouldn't have to continue this dialogue with myself about the advisability of owning a gun.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Today, I do not want to talk primarily about the legality, the existence, or even the advisability of Canadian cultural restrictions.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The last winter had been a hard one, and Buster called a meeting of the leading members of the gang to consider the advisability of moving farther south for the harsh weather.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • In many cases, the advisability of marriages is based solely on the prospective bride's kitchen ethic.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Our present findings emphasize the advisability of at-risk personnel employing precautions to safeguard against ocular, oral, and nasopharyngeal exposure to the virus.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The advisability of taking a vacation this year depends on your financial situation.

Synonyms

appropriateness
vsadvisability
9 4.1

The quality of being suitable for a situation

considers if doing it is sensible or recommended
suitability
vsadvisability
8 3.2

How right something is for a particular use or situation

focuses on whether it is wise or recommended to do
suitableness
vsadvisability
5.6

How well something fits a particular use

asks whether acting is prudent or should be done

Antonyms

A situation when something is not a good idea

How Advisable

wisdom
571 2.7
prudence
18 6.1
advisability
2 6.8

Surface Forms

advisability singular

Morphology

advisability = advisable (transparent) = advise + able + ity

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'advisable' using the productive suffix '-ity'.

Etymology

The word advisability comes from advise, which comes from an old root meaning 'to see', the same root you find in vision. So, advisability is about whether something 'looks' like a good or safe choice and is worth 'recommendation'.