Synonyms for hierarchical
ˌhaɪ əˈrɑr kɪ kəl, haɪˈrɑr-hi·er·ar·chi·cal

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1. hierarchicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   hierarchic

2. hierarchicaladjective

   Pertaining to a hierarchy.

   Synonyms:
   hierarchic

3. hierarchicaladjective

   Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order.

   Synonyms:
   hierarchic

4. hierarchicaladjective

   Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

   It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art. - source?

   Synonyms:
   hierarchic

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1. hierarchical, hierarchal, hierarchicadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   hierarchic, hierarchal

   Antonyms:
   nonhierarchical, ungraded, unranked, unordered, nonhierarchic

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1. List of paraphrases for "hierarchical":

   hierarchic, hierarchy, line, prioritized, top-down, reporting, pyramidal

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1. Sohini Chakraborty:

   It's a non-judgmental, non-hierarchical therapy for these women who may otherwise be hesitant to express themselves, we already knew instinctively that dance had therapeutic effects, but now we know for certain that it does indeed work.

2. John McFarlane:

   Barclays ... remains far too hierarchical, bureaucratic and group-centric to deliver the required outcomes. I therefore want to see much more streamlined processes.

3. Edward Abbey:

   Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

4. Stuart Hall:

   We understand that what happened had its roots in an organization that was too hierarchical and too self-absorbed to be able to act properly on the disturbing stories individuals had heard.

5. Camille Paglia:

   The trauma of the Sixties persuaded me that my generation's egalitarianism was a sentimental error. I now see the hierarchical as both beautiful and necessary. Efficiency liberates; egalitarianism tangles, delays, blocks, deadens.