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HIERARCHICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers

Example:

in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first

Synonyms:

hierarchal; hierarchic; hierarchical

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Adjectives

Similar:

class-conscious; stratified ((used of society) socially hierarchical)

gradable (capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.))

graded; ranked; stratified (arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks)

vertical (of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group))

Antonym:

nonhierarchical (not classified hierarchically)

Derivation:

hierarchy (a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system)

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