hierarchies
- 1Plural of hierarchy.
The sociologist compared the rigid hierarchies of medieval guilds with modern corporate structures.
Flatter organizational hierarchies tend to give junior staff more direct access to leadership.
Note
A regular plural: the final -y becomes -ies, as English does with nouns that end in a consonant plus y. The plural keeps all three meanings of the singular: nested ranks of officials, social or political systems that rank people by status or authority, and any ordering where each item sits under one above it. Only context tells them apart.
hierarchies is a form of hierarchy
hierarchy, noun: A social, religious, economic, or political system in which people or groups are ranked, with some placed above others based on status, authority, or another trait. Full entry
- Forms
- hierarchyhierarchies plural
- Spelling
- hierarchy → hierarchies: change y to i, add -es
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