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social hierarchy

NOUN

pecking order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

food chain hierarchy power structure social structure

WEAK

chain of command class structure corporate ladder dominance due order echelons grouping line of dominance order placing position ranking scale social ladder social pyramid social stratification

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Historian Bernard Capp, Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick, explains that hat etiquette once reinforced social hierarchy.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

In Korea, age difference, even by a year, forms the basis of social hierarchy.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

It becomes “a tool to insert yourself on the social hierarchy and compare yourself to other people, trying to perform for other people, to get the attention of other people.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

Watching them spar vocally as Elphaba and Glinda is a joy, as they navigate their loathing-filled relationship and its impact on the social hierarchy at Shiz University.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

The hood was a complete sensory overload for me, but within the chaos there was order, a system, a social hierarchy based on where you lived.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

social hierarchy

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