Adjective: hierarchical ,hI-u'raa(r)-ki-kul
- Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
"it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first";
- hierarchal, hierarchic
See also: class-conscious, gradable, graded, ranked, stratified, vertical
Encyclopedia: Hierarchical