hierarchical

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This means officers and staff were required to declare membership "past or present" of any organisation that is "hierarchical, has confidential membership and requires members to support and protect each other".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

This is how deeply hierarchical and authoritarian institutions function.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

It proposes to address hierarchical orders, social rank, slavery, colonialism, expropriation and the interweaving of mind and body, matter and spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

As is the case in all hierarchical organizations, the problem starts at the top.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Whether or not a text is organized to fit into a hierarchical outline, the tree metaphor goes only so far.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker