hierarchical
adjective
of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
hierarchic
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a variation of
hierarchical.
Example Sentences
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What these two lengthy descriptions illustrate is a fundamental transformation in the vertical structure, a reversal of the hierarchic order.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2014
In matters of discipline, the council fathers could modify the church's laws on clerical celibacy, hierarchic pomp, fish on Friday, priestly dress, the use of Latin in the Mass, and the Index of Forbidden Books.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps this is because Congress is not so hierarchic in organization.
From Time Magazine Archive
Discount the fact that Sale does not mention evidence of the Tainos' hierarchic social structure, which included, at the bottom level, slaves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore, humans can no longer develop within the limitations of an intrinsically centralized, linear, hierarchic, proportional model of contingencies that connect existence to production and consumption, and to the life-support system.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
