Synonyms for hierarchy
ˈhaɪ əˌrɑr ki, ˈhaɪ rɑr-hi·er·ar·chy

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1. hierarchynoun

   a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

   "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"

   Synonyms:
   power structure, pecking order

2. hierarchy, power structure, pecking ordernoun

   the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

   Synonyms:
   power structure, pecking order

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1. • Organization
   • Series

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1. hierarchynoun

   Synonyms:
   ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical establishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "hierarchy":

   hierarchies, hierarchical, rank, ranking, chain

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1. Sarah Michelle Gellar:

   She's a feminist challenge to gender hierarchy, buffy may have been the Chosen One, but I was the lucky one.

2. Joseph George:

   The hope is that the hierarchy will be held accountable and the conduct will be conveyed to the public, they keep talking about apologies and evil and mistakes and sins. But what were really talking about are crimes that were made by more than just bad apples.

3. Dan Bradley:

   The prestige of the burial makes this very likely a socially sanctioned union and speaks of a hierarchy so extreme that the only partners worthy of the elite were family members.

4. Elissa Blount Moorhead.For Moorhead:

   I'm hoping that all of us can start to think about how patriarchy and hierarchy has really diminished people's interest in museums and cultural centers, this will enliven your audience. It's just the right thing to do.

5. Frank Bowman:

   As majority leader, she has the de facto if not the legal power to keep the Judiciary Committee or any other committee from driving full bore toward impeachment, that is the reality of the hierarchy of the House.