hierarchal
classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers - it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art - in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first • Syn: hierarchical, hierarchic • Ant: nonhierarchical (for: hierarchical) • Similar to: class-conscious, stratified, gradable, graded, ranked, vertical • Derivationally related forms: hierarchy (for: hierarchical)
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