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an·ti-hi·er·ar·chi·cal | \ ˌan-tē-ˌhī-(ə-)ˈrär-ki-kəl, ˌan-tī- 
also -hir-ˈär- \
also -hir-ˈär- \variants:
or less commonly antihierarchical
Definition of anti-hierarchical
1 : opposed to hierarchy … a habit of mind that was secular, rationalist, and anti-hierarchical.— Mary Gordon
2 : deliberately or emphatically not hierarchical Such an engagement was born of an equalitarian, consensus-building, antihierarchical approach to leadership that created its mobilization structure.— Belinda Robnett
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The first known use of anti-hierarchical was in 1678
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