Collocations withhierarchy

These are words often used in combination withhierarchy.

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administrative hierarchy
The organizational hierarchy of the major political parties parallels the administrative hierarchy of the government-division, district and thana levels.
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bureaucratic hierarchy
In a nationalised bank, by contrast, he would have had to put up with the oppressive bureaucratic hierarchy.
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church hierarchy
Conflicts among the church hierarchy and royal officers about these definitions only made matters worse.
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complex hierarchy
Many congregations, for instance, developed a complex hierarchy of offices, which de facto seemed less personalized than those of the state.
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dominance hierarchy
Like baboons, our ancestors were aggressive and competitive, and social life was based on a dominance hierarchy.
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ecclesiastical hierarchy
As he applied the traditional theory of ignorance to his discourse on doctrinal correction, the concentration of corrective power on the ecclesiastical hierarchy effectively collapsed.
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memory hierarchy
This is a general memory hierarchy structuring.
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military hierarchy
During those years, military hierarchy remained strong, as it was consciously sheltered from government.
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nested hierarchy
They propose a nested hierarchy of vehicles for genes (individual, group, metapopulation) in which each level also includes a population of lower level units.
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organizational hierarchy
The organizational hierarchy of the major political parties parallels the administrative hierarchy of the government-division, district and thana levels.
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rigid hierarchy
Rigid hierarchy and arbitrary authority led to sycophantism, fear, and obeisance.
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social hierarchy
Legalistic proportionality, political consensus, personal betrayal, cultural balkanization, and social hierarchy are underlying themes of both books.
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status hierarchy
In the status hierarchy of the modern sciences, the field sciences appear at the ' soft ' end of the spectrum.
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strict hierarchy
However, ecclesiastical protocol required that an ecclesiastic refer to himself in terms of his position within the church's strict hierarchy.
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traditional hierarchy
According to the traditional hierarchy of the sciences, psychology is far separated from physics and mathematics by the intervening sciences of chemistry, biology, and neurophysiology.
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urban hierarchy
Indeed, it is still not entirely clear just what defines a city and a city's place in the urban hierarchy.
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