Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a hierarch or a hierarchy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to a hierarch.

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  • adjective Relating to a hierarch.

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  • adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers

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Examples

  • So, finding all of these above as necessary parts of any meaningful and culturally relevant definition, it can be argued that humanism is a sociopolitical philosophy, both democratic and non-hierarchal, which is informed by scientific naturalism and promotes individual freedom, economic and social equality, human cooperation and planetary peace.

    Imagine all the People 2007

  • This is known as hierarchal cross - certification.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • This is called hierarchal galaxy formation, a central principle of the UCSC Cold Dark Matter WIMP theory.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Do you think that we're experiencing a shift from a kind of hierarchal system run by a ruling elite to a world where the masses are rising and starting to exert more power?

    Marianne Schnall: Interview with Omega Institute Co-Founder Elizabeth Lesser 2008

  • Peter Watkins talks a lot about how he attempts in his films to involve the audience in the process, to break down the "hierarchal" relationship between author and viewer.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Peter Watkins talks a lot about how he attempts in his films to involve the audience in the process, to break down the "hierarchal" relationship between author and viewer.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Other research indicates that collaborative learning environments, where teachers and students collectively contribute to the content and flow of instruction, enhance learning, when compared with traditional hierarchal teaching methods.

    Ed Madison: Face To Face: Virtual Teachers Can't Replace The Real Thing Ed Madison 2011

  • In this respect, they had not broken free of a colonial mentality that saw society as hierarchal, governed from the top down by an elite.

    The Lost Century Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011

  • In with the typical flour, yeast and salt, the ingredients of sugar (in a hefty dose going by the hierarchal list) and orange extract were listed.

    A Miss and a Surprise Hit Sarah 2009

  • Other research indicates that collaborative learning environments, where teachers and students collectively contribute to the content and flow of instruction, enhance learning, when compared with traditional hierarchal teaching methods.

    Ed Madison: Face To Face: Virtual Teachers Can't Replace The Real Thing Ed Madison 2011

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