social hierarchies
Pecking order systems
Social hierarchies are systems of ranking people within a group or society based on status, power, wealth, or other markers of position.
Nearly every human organization develops some form of hierarchy—from corporate structures to school cafeterias to prison yards.
She navigated the social hierarchies of the art world with ease.
The term often carries critical undertones, implying that such rankings are arbitrary or unjust.
- class divisionSeparation by socioeconomic status
- caste systemHereditary class division
- status symbolsObjects signaling wealth
- corporate ladderOrganizational rank structure
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
dominance · power structure · subordination · patriarchy · bourgeoisie · ivory tower · pecking order · rank and file · feudalism · wealth disparity · prestige · chain of command · aristocracy · monarchy · old money · upper crust · cultural capital · nobility
- social systemspolitical systems, capitalism, feudalism, economic systems, socialism
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- hidden curriculumconformity, gender norms, heteronormativity
social hierarchiesegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
classless society · anarchism · peer networks · collectivism · communalism
social hierarchiesequality
Same status for all
social equality · power-sharing · direct democracy · democratic participation · mutualism
social hierarchiesegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
classlessness · anarchism · communism · anti-authoritarianism