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[ hahy-uh-rahr-ki-kuhl, hahy-rahr- ] / ˌhaɪ əˈrɑr kɪ kəl, haɪˈrɑr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hierarchical ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy. Origin of hierarchical1425–75; late Middle English. See hierarch, -ical OTHER WORDS FROM hierarchicalhi·er·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverban·ti·hi·er·ar·chic, adjectivean·ti·hi·er·ar·chi·cal, adjectivean·ti·hi·er·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverb non·hi·er·ar·chic, adjectivenon·hi·er·ar·chi·cal, adjectivenon·hi·er·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby hierarchicalhieland, hiemal, hier-, hieracosphinx, hierarch, hierarchical, hierarchism, hierarchize, hierarchy, hieratic, hiero- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hierarchicalOne road leads to freedom, sharing, and equality; the other to endless spying, a hierarchical structure, and repression. How Four Upstarts Built and Crashed the Anti-Facebook|Jake Whitney|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST She said Mars Hill “engages in heavy-handed discipline through a hierarchical structure.” Another Mega Church Implodes|Warren Throckmorton|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST According to the hierarchical model of galaxy formation, the first galaxies were built out of smaller collections of matter. Some of the First Galaxies Were Big Babies|Matthew R. Francis|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is least accepted when it is cold, challenging, and hierarchical: in other words, paternal - or in other other words, military. The Truth About Women in Combat|David Frum|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She explained that in Rome, they are more accustomed to the hierarchical politics. Nuns React Differently to Vatican’s Condemnation|Barbie Latza Nadeau, Jesse Ellison|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST The process of relating is typically illustrated in a hierarchical fashion. Nursing as Caring|Anne Boykin "No—hierarchical principles," insinuated Peter, with a smile intended to convey the utmost amount of indulgence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 423, January 1851|Various The social structure of the Middle Ages accordingly assumed the hierarchical form which we speak of as the Feudal system. Liberalism|L. T. Hobhouse But the following facts must not be overlooked:—First, the new conception of the Church was not yet a hierarchical one. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack Employments fall into a hierarchical gradation of reputability. The Theory of the Leisure Class|Thorstein Veblen
Words related to hierarchicalhierarchic, ranked, stratified, ordered, graded |