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- DictionaryPeck·ing or·der/ˈpekiNG ˌôrdər/
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- 1. a hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens: "the luxurious office accentuated the manager's position in the pecking order"
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pecking order. A hierarchy within a social group or community, in which those members at the top assume positions of leadership, authority, and power. The expression originated from a description of social behavior among chickens, which attack each other by pecking to establish dominance.
Apr 22, 2024 · 1. Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen esp. in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status. 2. a sequence or hierarchy of authority in an organization or social group. Also: peck order. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
PECKING ORDER meaning: the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status.
IPA guide. Definitions of pecking order. noun. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body. synonyms: hierarchy, power structure.
pecking order. A hierarchy within a social group or community, in which those members at the top assume positions of leadership, authority, and power. The expression originated from a description of social behavior among chickens, which attack each other by pecking to establish dominance.
The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings. Wiktionary. Synonyms: power-structure. hierarchy.
1. A hierarchy among a group, as of people, classes, or nations: "The astronauts had developed a pecking order that was military in its rigidity" (Tom Wolfe). 2. The social hierarchy in a flock of domestic fowl in which each bird pecks subordinate birds and submits to being pecked by dominant birds.
