hierarchical
adjective/ˌhaɪəˈrɑrkɪkəl/
Frequency rank: #9,958 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
arranged in a system with levels ranked one above another.
Example sentence
The company operates under hierarchical management, where decisions flow from the top down.
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