Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hierarchical principles or power; hierarchal character or influence; belief in or devotion to hierarchical rule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
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This determined effort suggests that an updated and modernized version of hierarchism might succeed at suppressing whatever is worrisome, while allowing progress that's been properly vetted.
John Locke's Wager, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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