hierarchy
C1Academic AWL-7UK /ˈhaɪərɑːki/US /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/
Meaning
noun
a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
“the social/political hierarchy”
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“pretty flat hierarchy um you know”
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