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social hierarchy

NOUN

pecking order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

food chain hierarchy power structure social structure

WEAK

chain of command class structure corporate ladder dominance due order echelons grouping line of dominance order placing position ranking scale social ladder social pyramid social stratification

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In Korea, age difference, even by a year, forms the basis of social hierarchy.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

It becomes “a tool to insert yourself on the social hierarchy and compare yourself to other people, trying to perform for other people, to get the attention of other people.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

Watching them spar vocally as Elphaba and Glinda is a joy, as they navigate their loathing-filled relationship and its impact on the social hierarchy at Shiz University.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

“That social hierarchy can be applied to gender, sexual preference, nationality, your ethnicity, your religion, class or race,” DuVernay says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

After slavery, she continues, color persisted as the most obvious and so the most important criterion for establishing a social hierarchy in black society.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

social hierarchy

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