hierarchization

noun

hi·​er·​ar·​chi·​za·​tion

-ˌkīˈz-

plural -s

1

: the act or process of establishing a hierarchy

hierarchization … leads to a clear-cut stratification of all members of any organized group

—P. A. Sorokin

2

: the quality or state of being a hierarchy

the traditional hierarchization of the three orders of abstraction

—F. G. Connolly

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