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- DictionaryHi·er·ar·chy/ˈhī(ə)ˌrärkē/
noun
- 1. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority: "the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy"
noun. hi· er· ar· chy. ˈhī- (ə-)ˌrär-kē, also. ˈhi (-ə)r-ˌär- plural hierarchies. Synonyms of hierarchy. 1. : a division of angels. 2. a. : a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it. especially : the bishops of a province or nation. b. : church government by a hierarchy. 3.
HIERARCHY definition: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
noun. a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order. a body of persons in holy orders organized into graded ranks. the collective body of those so organized. a series of ordered groupings within a system, such as the arrangement of plants and animals into classes, orders, families, etc.
HIERARCHY meaning: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
Hierarchy describes a system that organizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance. At school the principal is at the top of the staff hierarchy, while the seniors rule the student hierarchy.
Hierarchy is an important concept in a wide variety of fields, such as architecture, philosophy, design, mathematics, computer science, organizational theory, systems theory, systematic biology, and the social sciences (especially political science). A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally.
hierarchy. noun. OPAL W. /ˈhaɪərɑːki/. /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/. (plural hierarchies) [countable, uncountable] a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest. the social/political hierarchy.
1. A group of persons or things organized into successive ranks or grades with each level subordinate to the one above: a career spent moving up through the military hierarchy. 2. Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into such ranks or grades: classification by hierarchy; discounting the effects of hierarchy. 3.
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company. Like most other companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties.
HIERARCHY definition: a system or organization in which people or things are arranged according to their importance. Learn more.
