Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superhierarchy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-hier-ar-chy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A higher or superior hierarchy.

Example Sentences

"What happens to Australian wool or Bolivian tin has profound and immediate repercussions in New York, London, and Des Moines. The world is becoming more and more a galaxy of economic superhierarchies which coordinate local subhierarchies."
"Now, Ben says there is a need to develop a superhierarchy of good management."
"Thus, when several bureaucracies coexist (governmental, academic, ecclesiastic) in the absence of a superhierarchy to coordinate their interactions, the whole set of institutions will tend to form a meshwork of hierarchies, articulated mostly through local and temporary links."

Etymology

From super- + hierarchy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

superhierarchies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

subhierarchy

Questions

What does superhierarchy mean?: A higher or superior hierarchy.
Where does superhierarchy come from?: From super- + hierarchy.

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