Local English word record

hierarchic

adjective · 1 sense

classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers

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Examples

  • it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art
  • in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first

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Synonyms

hierarchical, hierarchal

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