hierarchical

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This is how deeply hierarchical and authoritarian institutions function.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

More than 300 Metropolitan Police officers and staff have declared their involvement in the Freemasons or other "hierarchical associations" after the force required them to do so last month, a High Court judge has said.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

This is how leadership always works in practice, even in organizations less hierarchical than the military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

For many years, scholars believed that constructing Poverty Point required a strictly organized, hierarchical society working across generations.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

Soon after her entry into the King’s lab, she had rebelled against its hierarchical character, taking offense because her first-rate crystallographic ability was not given formal recognition.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson