Hierarchy
noun
The system or organization that has levels of importance or power.
In the corporate hierarchy, the CEO is at the top.
Often appears as...
- corporate hierarchy
- social hierarchy
noun
In computing, it is a way to arrange data in levels or ranks.
The directory hierarchy of the computer's file system is very organized.
Often appears as...
- directory hierarchy
- file system hierarchy
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Technical
noun
In the Catholic Church, it is the system of ranking the officials by power or importance.
In the Church hierarchy, the Pope is at the top.
Often appears as...
- church hierarchy
- ecclesiastical hierarchy
noun
The system or organization that has levels of importance or power.
In the corporate hierarchy, the CEO is at the top.
Often appears as...
- corporate hierarchy
- social hierarchy
noun
In computing, it is a way to arrange data in levels or ranks.
The directory hierarchy of the computer's file system is very organized.
Often appears as...
- directory hierarchy
- file system hierarchy
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In the Catholic Church, it is the system of ranking the officials by power or importance.
In the Church hierarchy, the Pope is at the top.
Often appears as...
- church hierarchy
- ecclesiastical hierarchy
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Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Hierarchy suggests a power structure where someone is in control and others follow.
A strict hierarchy in families can mean the grandparents make most decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Vertical Structure
Think of hierarchy as a ladder, where each rung represents a level of importance.
The higher you climb the company hierarchy, the more responsibility you have.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Official
Hierarchies can be informal, present in groups without official structure.
Even in friendship groups, a hierarchy can exist with a 'leader'.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Hierarchy suggests a power structure where someone is in control and others follow.
A strict hierarchy in families can mean the grandparents make most decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Vertical Structure
Think of hierarchy as a ladder, where each rung represents a level of importance.
The higher you climb the company hierarchy, the more responsibility you have.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Official
Hierarchies can be informal, present in groups without official structure.
Even in friendship groups, a hierarchy can exist with a 'leader'.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Hierarchy suggests a power structure where someone is in control and others follow.
A strict hierarchy in families can mean the grandparents make most decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Vertical Structure
Think of hierarchy as a ladder, where each rung represents a level of importance.
The higher you climb the company hierarchy, the more responsibility you have.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Official
Hierarchies can be informal, present in groups without official structure.
Even in friendship groups, a hierarchy can exist with a 'leader'.
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Are you a giver or a...
The takers will give you four names, and they will all be more influential than them, because takers are great at kissing up and then kicking down. Givers are more likely to name people who are below them in a hierarchy, who don't have as much power, who can do them no good. And let's face it, you all know you can learn a lot about character
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A brief history of...
To understand the sadness of the trees losing their leaves in the fall is to more fully understand the cycle of life that brings flowers in the spring. But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level?
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Do schools kill...
Every one. Doesn't matter where you go. You'd think it would be otherwise, but it isn't. At the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities. At the bottom are the arts. Everywhere on earth. And in pretty much every system, too, there's a hierarchy within the arts.
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If You're Scared of...
there's tremendous competition for mates the males are not fighting with each other they don't have dominance hierarchies that don't have territories set up like other animals would do in a similar situation I like to call them the ambassadors of the reptile world
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the order within a Wolf Pack hierarchy is constantly reinforced by displays of dominance and Submission in a complex language of different forms of communication vocalizations such as growls barks yips and whines are equally as important as the non verbal body
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Killer whale society PIPE...
the efforts of the group as killer whale pods are generally matriarchal the exhibit is strict dominance hierarchy ranked in order top to bottom with the adult females generally at the top of the pecking order often times followed by adolescents and
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Your body language may...
high on testosterone, but really stress reactive? Probably not, right? You want the person who's powerful and assertive and dominant, but not very stress reactive, the person who's laid back. So we know that in primate hierarchies,
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Why do people join...
most cults share some basic characteristics. A typical cult requires a high level of commitment from its members and maintains a strict hierarchy, separating unsuspecting supporters and recruits from the inner workings.
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Sex Determination: More...
isn't settled until even later in life. You see, clownfish all start out their lives as males, However, as they mature, they become female. They also spend their lives in small groups with a strict dominance hierarchy
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Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
care team science has found that social hierarchy is developed in fox cups very early on and through play they develop vital skills for hunting and communication so it is important that they develop
Video examples
Are you a giver or a...
The takers will give you four names, and they will all be more influential than them, because takers are great at kissing up and then kicking down. Givers are more likely to name people who are below them in a hierarchy, who don't have as much power, who can do them no good. And let's face it, you all know you can learn a lot about character
Video examples
A brief history of...
To understand the sadness of the trees losing their leaves in the fall is to more fully understand the cycle of life that brings flowers in the spring. But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level?
Video examples
Do schools kill...
Every one. Doesn't matter where you go. You'd think it would be otherwise, but it isn't. At the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities. At the bottom are the arts. Everywhere on earth. And in pretty much every system, too, there's a hierarchy within the arts.
Video examples
If You're Scared of...
there's tremendous competition for mates the males are not fighting with each other they don't have dominance hierarchies that don't have territories set up like other animals would do in a similar situation I like to call them the ambassadors of the reptile world
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the order within a Wolf Pack hierarchy is constantly reinforced by displays of dominance and Submission in a complex language of different forms of communication vocalizations such as growls barks yips and whines are equally as important as the non verbal body
Video examples
Killer whale society PIPE...
the efforts of the group as killer whale pods are generally matriarchal the exhibit is strict dominance hierarchy ranked in order top to bottom with the adult females generally at the top of the pecking order often times followed by adolescents and
Video examples
Your body language may...
high on testosterone, but really stress reactive? Probably not, right? You want the person who's powerful and assertive and dominant, but not very stress reactive, the person who's laid back. So we know that in primate hierarchies,
Video examples
Why do people join...
most cults share some basic characteristics. A typical cult requires a high level of commitment from its members and maintains a strict hierarchy, separating unsuspecting supporters and recruits from the inner workings.
Video examples
Sex Determination: More...
isn't settled until even later in life. You see, clownfish all start out their lives as males, However, as they mature, they become female. They also spend their lives in small groups with a strict dominance hierarchy
Video examples
Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
care team science has found that social hierarchy is developed in fox cups very early on and through play they develop vital skills for hunting and communication so it is important that they develop
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Roisin Murphy
Irish Musician
When you're a kid, right, and you're surrounded by all these other kids, and let's say they don't have the same interests or the same goals or the same world view as you... It's difficult because a child doesn't know that there's another way. A child doesn't know that there's another place outside of the systems and hierarchies in school.
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Adam Grant
American Author
To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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C. Wright Mills
American Sociologist
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
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Julia Hartz
American Businesswoman
Humans want to know the hierarchy; it's important for there to be one leader.
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Roisin Murphy
Irish Musician
When you're a kid, right, and you're surrounded by all these other kids, and let's say they don't have the same interests or the same goals or the same world view as you... It's difficult because a child doesn't know that there's another way. A child doesn't know that there's another place outside of the systems and hierarchies in school.
Quote examples
Adam Grant
American Author
To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.
Quote examples
Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe.
Quote examples
Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.
Quote examples
Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
Quote examples
C. Wright Mills
American Sociologist
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
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Julia Hartz
American Businesswoman
Humans want to know the hierarchy; it's important for there to be one leader.
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