ADJECTIVE | all | hierarchic, hierarchical, hierarchal | classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers |
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Meaning | classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers. | |
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Synonyms | hierarchical, hierarchal | |
Narrower | class-conscious, stratified | (used of society) socially hierarchical |
gradable | capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.) | |
graded, ranked, stratified | Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | |
vertical | Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group) | |
Opposite | nonhierarchical, nonhierarchic | not classified hierarchically |
Spanish | jerárquico | |
Catalan | jeràrquic |
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