Meanings
plural hierarchisations
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of hierarchization.
The method was then applied to a case study of city system dynamics to explore the model’s predicted values of city hierarchisation and population growth.
2015 September 15, “Beyond Corroboration: Strengthening Model Validation by Looking for Unexpected Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI1 more example
This hierarchisation of deaths has been challenged by gender scholars, with Cynthia Enloe coining the notion of “womenandchildren” in her 1990 text "Bananas, Beaches and Bases" to critique the use of this abstract category.
2021 June 10, Iona Cable, ““Women And Children”: The Role Of Innocence In Human Rights Reporting”, in Human Rights Pulse, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or result of hierarchizing; the establishment of a hierarchy.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchhiérarchisation
- Englishhierarchisation
Borrowed from French hiérarchisation, equivalent to hierarchise + -ation.
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