hierarchical
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From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
To Trump, who has rigidly hierarchical notions of gender, that probably seems emasculating.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 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
They don’t see any hierarchical gap between themselves and the pilots in the air, and to them, mitigated speech from a pilot doesn’t mean the speaker is being appropriately deferential to a superior.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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