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hierarchical

[hahy-uh-rahr-ki-kuhl, hahy-rahr-] / ˌhaɪ əˈrɑr kɪ kəl, haɪˈrɑr- /
ADJECTIVE
characteristic of a ranked order
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hierarchic
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms


Example Sentences

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“I had been under this societal understanding that hierarchical love, placing one partner above everything else, was the ultimate romantic expression. I could name hundreds of movies that brought that up,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The carrier was “too hierarchical, way too bureaucratic, way too process-oriented as opposed to outcomes-oriented,” Schulman told investors at a Morgan Stanley event last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

These include word order preferences, such as whether verbs come before or after objects, and hierarchical structures, such as how grammatical relationships are marked within sentences.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

To Trump, who has rigidly hierarchical notions of gender, that probably seems emasculating.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.

From "1984" by George Orwell



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