Hierarchicalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process or policy of organising as a hierarchy. uncountable

    "As we have explored the organizational development of the church, it has become evident that the organization that God wanted for His church was the antithesis of hierarchicalism."

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"As we have explored the organizational development of the church, it has become evident that the organization that God wanted for His church was the antithesis of hierarchicalism."

Etymology

From hierarchical + -ism.

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