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The art of making chaos feel personally attacked.
means The quality of being systematically arranged and tidy, with everything following a clear, consistent order.
from Traces back to 'order,' from Latin ordo (a row, series, or arrangement — originally used for threads lined up on a loom), via Old French ordre. The suffix '-liness' tacks on the Old English -lic (having the quality of), so orderliness literally means 'having the quality of being arranged in rows' — a word that's been quietly lining things up since medieval times.
- not cleanliness
- a messy desk can still be perfectly ordered
- brain reward
- tidying triggers the same circuits as completing tasks
- evolutionary edge
- predictable environments once meant fewer surprise predators
- can backfire
- excessive orderliness correlates with rigid, anxious thinking