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hi·er·ar·chi·cal

 (hī′ə-rär′kĭ-kəl, hī-rär′-) or hi·er·ar·chic (-kĭk) or hi·er·ar·chal (-rär′kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to a hierarchy.

hi′er·ar′chi·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.hierarchic - 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"
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hierarchic(al)

adj, hierarchically
advhierarchisch
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That is how you change the hierarchic culture that perpetuated this scandal.
Indentured servitude in India was highly monitored through a complex, hierarchic management system, and the "well-being" of the emigrant was paramount to daily operations (or so it appeared so on the surface).
Such abhorrent behavior has become prevalent, creating a culture of so-called "taeum," or burn-to-ashes in Korean, meaning senior nurses harass junior nurses and new staff with hierarchic leverage and control over them.
Based on the hierarchic model of classifying learning in six stages of knowledge; comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation and creation, the research evaluated that how many of these stages factor in the question papers.
But desires in a hierarchic society, which human society is, have disproportionately empowered certain segments that exploit the less empowered and impoverished.
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The practice of providing the appearance of wealth and of the right status, she tells us, can be understood through an ancient and traditional concept related to the moral hierarchic maintenance of the old sakdina (feudal) system and court etiquette.
We need to clarify and re-emphasize the symbiotic rather than hierarchic relationship between the General Assembly and the Security Council.
It seems that the leadership perceives advantages of this necessity - otherwise elections would have been abolished already (of course, it is only a facade of responsibility towards the people as strong hierarchic patterns still divide the ruling from the ruled class).Though, without the pressure of an opposition, the ability to detect (and to react on) numerous dysfunctional phenomena of Cambodia's socioeconomic development could easily decrease.
Previous studies also reported positive relationship between social cynicism and hierarchic self-interest (Rupf & Boehnke, 2002), self-enhancement (Bond et al., 2004) and power value (Chen et al., 2006; Leung et al., 2007).
Importantly, says Ringmar, the event marked a total clash between two ontological entities: between "liberal civilization" and "hierarchic barbarism"--between two inter-state systems that made peaceful communication and agreement simply impossible.
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