Hierarchist

Quick meaning: Hierarchist is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to hierarchy.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to hierarchy.

More Meanings

1. An advocate for a hierarchy.

Example Sentences

The fear of corporatism, consumerism, middle-browism and a mass reading public has driven twentieth-century cultural hierarchists.

Two of the groups involved, he said, are simply characterized: individualists (most people would call them libertarians, who want the government to butt out) and communitarians, the two poles on the political spectrum. The two other groups, he said, are called hierarchists and egalitarians.

“They believe that society would be better if it stood up more to the hierarchist status quo,” he said. “When something that represents that status quo comes along, there is a cultural resistance to it. That is the underlying cultural reason they will cherry-pick their symptoms and the facts into their ostensibly rational argument against smart meters.”

Word Forms

• hierarchists

Synonyms for hierarchist

Depending on context, synonyms include hierarchal.

Antonyms for hierarchist

Common opposites include anarchal, anarchic, anarchist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hierarchal, heterarchical, hierarchical, hierocratic, hierarchial, hierological.

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