Usually means: System of ranking or organizing.
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  1. hierarchal: Merriam-Webster
  2. hierarchal: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hierarchal: Vocabulary.com
  4. hierarchal: Wordnik
  5. hierarchal: Wiktionary
  6. hierarchal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Hierarchal, hierarchal: Dictionary.com
  8. Hierarchal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. hierarchal: Rhymezone
  10. Hierarchal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. hierarchal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. hierarchal: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hierarchal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Hierarchal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hierarchal: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hierarchal)

▸ adjective:  Relating to a hierarch.

Similar:
hierarchical, hierarchic, class-conscious, graded, stratified, ranked, hierarchist, hierarchial, hierurgical, hierological, more...

Opposite:
egalitarian, flat, non-hierarchical, horizontal

Types:
monarchy, oligarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, gerontocracy, anocracy, theocracy, more...

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Similar:
hierarchical, hierarchic, class-conscious, graded, stratified, ranked, hierarchist, hierarchial, hierurgical, hierological, more...

Opposite:
egalitarian, flat, non-hierarchical, horizontal

Types:
monarchy, oligarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, gerontocracy, anocracy, theocracy, more...



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