Japan's problem has been that she has continued to view international relations as an extension of her hierarchical interpersonal relations at home.
Source: tatoeba (281457)
Hierarchical
//ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl//
Synonyms for "hierarchical" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (3)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
10 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 27 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- jeràrquic adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- jeràrquic adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Czech
1 entries- hierarchický adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Danish
1 entries- hierarkisk adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Dutch
1 entries- hiërarchisch adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Esperanto
1 entries- hierarkia adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Finnish
3 entries- hierarkkinen adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hierarkkinen adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order)
- hierarkkinen adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
French
2 entries- hiérarchique adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hiérarchique adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Galician
2 entries- xerárquico adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- xerárquico adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
German
2 entries- hierarchisch adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hierarchisch adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Greek
3 entries- ιεραρχικός adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- ιεραρχικός adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order)
- ιεραρχικός adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Hungarian
1 entries- hierarchikus adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Indonesian
3 entries- hierarkis adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hierarkis adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order)
- hierarkis adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Italian
2 entries- gerarchico adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- gerarchico adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Macedonian
4 entries- хиерархиски adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- хиерархиски adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
- чиноследен adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- чиноследен adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Malay
3 entries- berhierarki adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- berhierarki adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order)
- berhierarki adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Manx
2 entries- ard-chleragh adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- ard-saggyrtagh adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Māori
1 entries- whai paparanga adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Polish
1 entries- hierarchiczny adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Portuguese
2 entries- hierárquico adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hierárquico adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Romanian
1 entries- ierarhic adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Russian
1 entries- иерархи́ческий adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Spanish
1 entries- jerárquico adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Swedish
2 entries- hierarkisk adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hierarkisk adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Tagalog
1 entries- halpunuanin adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Turkish
2 entries- hiyerarşik adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- hiyerarşik adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ієрархі́чний adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
- ієрархі́чний adj (classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades)
Welsh
1 entries- hierarchaidd adj (pertaining to a hierarchy)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.
Source: tatoeba (796116)
A tangled hierarchy is a hierarchical consciousness system in which a strange loop appears.
Source: tatoeba (2499083)
Some Asian millennials also feel that working from home has liberated them from the constraints of a traditionally hierarchical, the-boss-always-knows-best type of work culture.
Source: tatoeba (8746057)
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