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hierarchical

adjective as in characteristic of a ranked order

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The approach presented in this study could also reveal how hierarchical structures in soft materials, such as polymers and biological systems, undergo similar phase transitions.

Future studies should examine ways to integrate the hierarchical structure of these diverse cell definitions in analyses and consider alternate models of in vivo brain functioning, said Holmes.

Food and food habits are sensitive subjects in culturally-diverse India as they are deeply intertwined with religion and the country's hierarchical caste system.

From BBC

They also have what psychologists call a social dominance orientation — a preference for hierarchical rather than egalitarian relationships between groups.

From Salon

For a fascist, this rhetoric is about justifying injustices and hierarchical social orders, arguing that people were better off under white supremacy, monarchy, or male domination.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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