Definition of Hierarchy. Meaning of Hierarchy. Synonyms of Hierarchy

- A hierarchy (from Gr****: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects...
- In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority...
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs is an idea in psychology proposed by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation"...
- field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal...
- A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their size. The term is used by landscape historians and in the National...
- slightly different hierarchies. For instance, there is one hierarchy which is primarily used in theoretical phonology, while a similar hierarchy is used in discourse...
- connections, elemental forms, noble titles, or parallels to the angelic hierarchy; or by ****ociation with particular sins, diseases, and other calamities;...
- In mathematical logic, the arithmetical hierarchy, arithmetic hierarchy or Kleene–Mostowski hierarchy (after mathematicians Stephen Cole Kleene and Andrzej...
- Hierarchical classification is a system of grouping things according to a hierarchy. In the field of machine learning, hierarchical classification is...
- A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group. In a military context, the chain of command...