SINCE 1828
anti-hierarchical
adjective
an·ti-hi·er·ar·chi·cal
| \ ˌan-tē-ˌhī-(ə-)ˈrär-ki-kəl
, ˌan-tī- also -hir-ˈär-\
, ˌan-tī- 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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