🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

계층 구조

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gyechoung gujo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hierarchy/ˈhaɪəˌrɑːr.ki/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"사내에는 엄격한 계층 구조가 존재합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

    "She worked her way up through the corporate hierarchy to reach the position of CEO."
  2. 2

    An arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance, value, or level.

    "Maslow's hierarchy of needs places basic physiological survival at the very foundation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin word 'hierarchia', originating from the Greek 'hierarkhia', meaning 'rule of a high priest' (from 'hieros' meaning sacred + 'arkhein' meaning to rule). Historically used to describe sacred orders of angels, the term evolved during the late 14th and 17th centuries to denote any system of persons or things ranked one above another in order of status, authority, or level.

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