transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪərɑ:(r)ki ]
( hierarchies)
1.
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.
Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties...
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2.
The hierarchy of an organization such as the Church is the group of people who manage and control it.
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3.
A hierarchy of ideas and beliefs involves organizing them into a system or structure. ( FORMAL )
...the notion of ‘cultural imperialism’ implies a hierarchy of cultures, some of which are stronger than others.
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