hierarchical
adjective
of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
nonhierarchical
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a word derived from
hierarchical.
Example Sentences
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And yet the ultimate irony of the Geffen building is that its doctrine of a rigorously nonhierarchical museum, giving visitors absolute freedom to discover their own connections, is strenuously inflexible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Denmark, like most of Scandinavia, likes to see itself as a fair and equal society, with a nonhierarchical structure, high levels of happiness and trustworthy institutions dedicated to everyone’s well-being.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
But Barber’s vision of the SBC is small-d democratic, and nonhierarchical.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
The Davids demolish the Hobbesian narrative by pointing to complex, agricultural societies—in Asia, the Middle East and the Americas—that governed themselves in nonhierarchical ways.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022
Dark, cynical, morbid cyberpunk that I am, I cannot avoid considering some of the darker implications of "decentralized, nonhierarchical, locally empowered" networking.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
