hierarchal meaning

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hierarchal (adjective): classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.

Definition of hierarchal

  1. 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: hierarchical, hierarchic

    Similar: class-conscious, gradable, graded, vertical

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HI · words ending in AL · 10-letter words

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