hierarchic
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪəˈrɑrkɪk/
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jerárquico
- In sum, conversion and colonialism combined to create contradictions for the hierarchic ordering of Fijian society, and perhaps ritualized yaqona drinking played a role in resolving those contradictions.
- hierarchic structure of Fijian
Examples
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The company's hierarchic structure clearly defines roles and responsibilities among employees.
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In many organizations, a hierarchic system helps managers oversee their teams more effectively.
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Burke argues that "the hierarchic principle itself is inevitable in systematic thought."
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Congar wrote that "the hierarchic reality finds its place entirely in the fraternal union of the baptized."
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But challenges to the hierarchic order have not disappeared in post-independence Fiji; indeed, they have intensified over time.
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As a consequence of this kind of patterning, people create and recreate the hierarchic structure of Fijian society through their practices.
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Yet it was during the Progressive Era, and even more so in the 1920s, that many businessmen followed varied routes to success within the hierarchic bureaucracies of the large corporations.
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Requiring clearance through two to three hierarchic levels of civilian administration and being prevented from openly voicing their problems because of the Official Secrecy Act, India's military became more dependent on and accountable to civilian decisions.
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But it also pursued policies and formulated institutions (e.g., the Great Council of Chiefs) whose cumulative effect was to promote the hierarchic aspects of Fijian society (Belshaw 1965).
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The school's hierarchic organization allows for clear communication between teachers and administrators.
Synonyms
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Placed in levels with some people having more power than others
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Having levels one above another, like seats or a cake
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Relating to higher and lower levels in a society, like income or class
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An organization or system with several layers where people have different levels of power
Arranged in levels with higher and lower ranks, like in a company
Arranged in order by how important they are
People divided into levels or classes with different status
Antonyms
How Hierarchical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hierarchic comes from Greek parts hieros 'sacred' and archos 'ruler' and is related to hierarchy, with the archos part like the 'ruler' you see in monarch. It first named the church's ordered rulers, so today hierarchic means arranged in ranked levels of power or importance.