nonhierarchical
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈhaɪəˌrɑːkɪkəl/
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no jerárquico
- In a nonhierarchical environment, ideas are valued equally regardless of the source.
- nonhierarchical regime
Examples
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The organization adopted a nonhierarchical structure to encourage collaboration among all team members.
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Naomi Wolf calls for a reinterpretation of beauty that is noncompetitive, nonhierarchical, and nonviolent.
Academic text (2010) -
I like that that word feels nonhierarchical.
Blog text (5) -
Trio A's continuous and nonhierarchical structure, we know, was developed in opposition to the phrasing conventions of theatrical dance.
Academic text (1999) -
"To reap the full benefit of social technologies, organizations must transform their structures, processes, and cultures: they will need to become more open and nonhierarchical and to create a culture of trust."
Blog text (22) -
What is common to most of these institutions is that they are of small to medium size, usually quite decentralized in structure, often committed to nonhierarchical values and to practicing ecologically sound principles.
Academic text (1992) -
This configuration depicts multiple nodes of collaborative action and a nonhierarchical structure (Alter & Hage, 1993) in which all participants have equal status.
Academic text (1997) -
That is, Almanac continues to resonate not only with the ongoing actions of the Zapatistas but with other massive grassroots movements like Occupy Wall Street and Idle No More, which resemble the book's movements in featuring diverse, nonhierarchical coalitions of actors.
Academic text (2017) -
Many modern movements favor nonhierarchical approaches to promote inclusivity and participation.
Synonyms
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4.8
Not given a position in a list that shows who is best
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Not given a grade or put into levels
Organized without different levels of authority
Not accepting systems where some people have more power than others
Antonyms
How Hierarchical
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonhierarchical = hierarchical (transparent) = non + hierarchy + ical
Formed by the productive prefix 'non-' plus the adjective 'hierarchical', so the meaning 'not arranged according to a hierarchy' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Nonhierarchical breaks into non- meaning 'not' and hierarchy meaning 'a system of ranks or levels', like a ladder. So nonhierarchical describes a group or system where people are on the same level and not arranged above or below each other.