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Hierarchize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To establish a hierarchy. intransitive

    "It operates not by differentiating individuals, but by specifying acts according to a number of general categories; not by hierarchizing but quite simply by bringing into play the binary opposition of the permitted and the forbidden."

  2. 2
    To arrange in a hierarchy. transitive

    "The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building."

Etymology

From hierarchy + -ize.

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