hierarchize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of hierarchize
First recorded in 1880–85; hierarch(y) + -ize
Example Sentences
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I think one of the strengths of being an autodidact is that I’ve created my own relationship to cinema and I don’t really hierarchize popular culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2019
Those few lucky enough to have survived the big freeze have been herded onto the world-circling train, which is divided into strictly hierarchized social castes kept separate by armed guards.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2014
Dali shows us the hierarchized libidinous emotion, suspended and as though hanging in midair, in accordance with the modern 'nothing touches' theory of intra-atomic physics.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to failing to account for the psychological and physiological process of coping with loss, current standards for workplace bereavement leave policies also run the risk of hierarchizing grief and those who mourn.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2019
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