Hierarchize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hierarchize is a verb meaning (intransitive) To establish a hierarchy.
Meaning
(intransitive) To establish a hierarchy.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To arrange in a hierarchy.
Example Sentences
It operates not by differentiating individuals, but by specifying acts according to a number of general categories; not by hierarchizing but quite simply by bringing into play the binary opposition of the permitted and the forbidden.
The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.
Word Forms
- hierarchizes
- hierarchizing
- hierarchized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hierarchise, prioritize, order, inorder, enrank, arrange.
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