D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hierarchism

· Hi·er·arch·ism · IPA /ˈhaɪəɹɑː(ɹ)kɪzəm/
01 n. The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
  1. 1.
    The principles or authority of a hierarchy.
    “The more dominant hierarchism of the West.” Milman.