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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
2. 2
   the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body wordnet
3. 3
   The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings. broadly, figuratively

Synonyms

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animal kingdomdomainestablishmenthierarchieshierarchykingdom

Antonyms

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equality

Etymology

Calque of German Hackordnung.