hierarchy
/ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/ noun C1- A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
- A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.
- Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
Plural hierarchies
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They incorporate modern conveniences into their daily practice while stubbornly maintaining their deeply ingrained social customs and established domestic hierarchies.
Hodgkin's laboratory was known for its warmth and its lack of hierarchy.
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