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Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.
Friedrich August von Hayek

Meaning of "hierarchical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIERARCHICAL

hierarchical  [ˌhaɪərˈɑːkɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIERARCHICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hierarchical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIERARCHICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hierarchical

Hierarchy

A hierarchy is an arrangement of items in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. Abstractly, a hierarchy can be modelled mathematically as a rooted tree: the root of the tree forms the top level, and the children of a given vertex are at the same level, below their common parent. However, a rooted tree does not allow for items to be "at the same level as" one another, since a tree prohibits cycles. To accommodate this, a hierarchy can be modeled using a graph or a pre-order relation on the set of items. Alternatively, items of like type can be grouped together, and the hierarchy can be modeled using a partial order relation on the set of sets-of-like-items. A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or horizontally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarchies. Indirect hierarchical links can extend "vertically" upwards or downwards via multiple links in the same direction, following a path.

Definition of hierarchical in the English dictionary

The definition of hierarchical in the dictionary is organized in a hierarchy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIERARCHICAL


anarchical
ænˈɑːkɪkəl
antimonarchical
ˌæntɪməˈnɑːkɪkəl
article
ˈɑːtɪkəl
autarchical
ɔːˈtɑːkɪkəl
autarkical
ɔːˈtɑːkɪkəl
chemical
ˈkɛmɪkəl
diarchical
daɪˈɑːkɪkəl
dyarchical
daɪˈɑːkɪkəl
metapsychical
ˌmetəˈsaɪkɪkəl
monarchical
məˈnɑːkɪkəl
nonhierarchical
ˌnɒnhaɪəˈrɑːkɪkəl
oligarchical
ˌɒlɪˈɡɑːkɪkəl
parapsychical
ˌpærəˈsaɪkɪkəl
pentarchical
pɛnˈtɑːkɪkəl
psychical
ˈsaɪkɪkəl
squirarchical
ˌskwaɪərˈɑːkɪkəl
squirearchical
ˌskwaɪərˈɑːkɪkəl
stomachical
stəˈmækɪkəl
synecdochical
ˌsɪnɛkˈdɒkɪkəl
tetrarchical
teˈtrɑːkɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIERARCHICAL

hieracium
hieracosphinges
hieracosphinx
hierarch
hierarchal
hierarchic
hierarchically
hierarchies
hierarchise
hierarchism
hierarchize
hierarchy
hieratic
hieratica
hieratical
hieratically
hierocracies
hierocracy
hierocrat
hierocratic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIERARCHICAL

autobiographical
bibliographical
bioethical
biogeographical
biographical
critical
demographical
ethical
ethnographical
geographical
graphical
historiographical
lexicographical
mythical
philosophical
photographical
stratigraphical
topographical
typographical
unethical
zoogeographical

Synonyms and antonyms of hierarchical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIERARCHICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hierarchical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hierarchical

Translation of «hierarchical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIERARCHICAL

Find out the translation of hierarchical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hierarchical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hierarchical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等级制度的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jerárquico
570 millions of speakers

English

hierarchical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रेणीबद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهرمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иерархическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hierárquico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান পুরোহিত-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hiérarchique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hierarki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hierarchisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

階層性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

계급의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hirarkis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படிநிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रेणीबध्द
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hiyerarşik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gerarchico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hierarchiczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ієрархічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ierarhic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιεραρχική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hiërargiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hierarkisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hierarkisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hierarchical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIERARCHICAL»

The term «hierarchical» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.771 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIERARCHICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hierarchical

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10 QUOTES WITH «HIERARCHICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hierarchical.
1
J. G. Ballard
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
2
Octavia E. Butler
Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other 'isms' that cause so much suffering in the world.
3
Martin Fleischmann
American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.
4
Bill Gurley
Most firms are hierarchical in nature, with everyone getting different slices of the economic pie. The problem is those slices are negotiated every time a firm raises a new fund, so in between funds, which is most of the time, the partners are trying to outgun one another to make a stronger case for themselves.
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Luke Harding
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six, graduate in their late 20s, and get their first proper jobs in their 30s. Adolescence can go on a long time. It is rare for anyone to achieve responsibility before their 50s.
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Friedrich August von Hayek
Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.
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Michael Hirst
I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far more democratic than the Saxons and the Francs, who were exercising really hierarchical social structures at that time. The Vikings had popular meetings where everything could be discussed.
8
Alan Huffman
Like so much in Singapore, admission to the Marina Bay's casino is hierarchical: Free for anyone with an international passport, costly for locals, off-limits to migrant workers altogether.
9
Jane Leavy
The world is not kind to whistleblowers - a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive of organized sports, a world of 'systems' and 'programs' and scripted plays, where reading a medical report requires a security clearance, and practice fields are patrolled like Guantanamo Bay.
10
Vik Muniz
Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIERARCHICAL»

Discover the use of hierarchical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hierarchical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical ...
The book introduces a wide variety of models, whilst at the same time instructing the reader in how to fit these models using available software packages.
Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill, 2006
2
Hierarchical Modeling and Inference in Ecology: The Analysis ...
This book describes a general and flexible framework for modeling and inference in ecological systems based on hierarchical models, with a strict focus on the use of probability models and parametric inference.
J. Andrew Royle, Robert M. Dorazio, 2008
3
Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis ...
Popular in its first edition for its rich, illustrative examples and lucid explanations of the theory and use of hierarchical linear models (HLM), the book has been updated to include: an intuitive introductory summary of the basic ...
Stephen W. Raudenbush, Anthony S. Bryk, 2002
4
A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems
The authors of this book argue that previous attempts to define the concept have been derived from particular viewpoints to the exclusion of others equally possible.
‎1986
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Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data
This book provides clear explanations, plentiful illustrations --some in full color--a variety of homework problems, and tutorials and worked examples using some of the field's most popular software packages.
Sudipto Banerjee, Bradley P. Carlin, Alan E. Gelfand, 2003
6
Hierarchical Operations and Supply Chain Planning
The book covers the interests of private industry practitioners, academic researchers, and students of operations, logistics and supply chain management and planning.
Tan C. Miller, 2013
7
Introduction to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for ...
This book shows how Bayesian statistical modeling provides an intuitive way to organize data, test ideas, investigate competing hypotheses, and assess degrees of confidence of predictions.
Eric Parent, Etienne Rivot, 2012
8
Hierarchical Matrices: A Means to Efficiently Solve Elliptic ...
Besides the algorithmic aspects of hierarchical matrices, the main aim of this book is to present their theoretical background.
Mario Bebendorf, 2008
9
Compact Hierarchical Bipolar Transistor Modeling with Hicum
This book aims to provide a solid basis for the understanding of modern compact models. Readership: R&D professionals and modeling/SPICE engineers in the semiconductor industry; graduate, research students and faculties at universities
Michael Schröter, 2010
10
Ezekiel's Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality
From the Seminar on Theological Perspectives on the Book of Ezekiel, which meets at each annual meeting of the Society, 12 essays and two responses representing a range of perspectives and methods explore the ancient and modern meanings and ...
Stephen L. Cook, Corrine Patton, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIERARCHICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hierarchical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Make Your Team Less Hierarchical - HBR
The cargo door of an aircraft opens at 25,000 feet. The dark, freezing air rushes in and swirls around the Special Operations Forces (SOF) team ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jul 15»
2
'Think manager, think man' stops us seeing woman as leaders …
Hierarchical, top down structures tend to reinforce already existing masculine leadership cultures. Photograph: OJO Images/Alamy. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Darkode hacking forum forced offline - BBC News
"There was a hierarchical membership structure, and the status of users determined who they could communicate with, and their access to the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
German jihadi gets 11-year prison sentence | Germany | DW.COM …
... and the hierarchical positions within the terrorist group al-Sham. Harun P.'s revelations have already been used in two other terrorism trials. «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
5
Berlin Saves the Communist-Era Buildings of Alexanderplatz - CityLab
In West Berlin, the central Interbau project of 1957 similarly proclaimed its state's values in its non-hierarchical set of modernist towers scattered ... «CityLab, Jul 15»
6
All you need to know about the short but brutal history of Mexican …
Although El Chapo is known as the head of the cartel it does not have a hierarchical structure with power shared around several leaders. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Energy storage materials from reeds - Nanowerk
The scientists imagined that the hierarchical architecture of the silica already present in the leaves of common reed plants can readily transform ... «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
8
3 Ways Flat Management Structures Can Kill Your Business | Fast …
We're trying to do the same thing by switching from a normal hierarchical structure to a system called Holacracy, which enables employees to ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»
9
Pope Francis dumps 2 more bishops as housecleaning continues …
The moves are the latest signs that Francis is pursuing a hierarchical housecleaning that aims to address the heart of the clergy sex abuse ... «Religion News Service, Jul 15»
10
Census ethnicity answers moderated | Otago Daily Times Online …
For health purposes the hierarchical list has 21 ethnic groups, starting at the top with Maori, Tokelauan, Fijian, Niuean, and finishing with Other, ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»

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