tribal hierarchy
Indigenous leadership system
Tribal hierarchy is the system of ranked social positions within a tribe, typically based on lineage, age, or achievement.
Chiefs, elders, and warriors occupy different levels of authority and responsibility.
The term extends to any organization with informal but rigid power structures: The office had its own tribal hierarchy, and newcomers learned quickly who really ran things.
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- war chiefMilitary leader of tribe
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- eldersSenior community members
- rankPosition in hierarchy
pecking order · ruling class · caste · lineage · blood ties · sacred bloodline · bloodline · warrior · shaman · spirit guide · council · ancestor · totem · ritual · rite of passage · coming of age · dominance · alpha
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Philosophy of universal equality
egalitarian society · participatory democracy · anarchy · commune · direct democracy
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Institutions enforcing governmental authority
nation-state · corporate hierarchy · civil service · constitutional government · multinational corporation
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Doctrine of personal independence
voluntary association · meritocracy · civic society · social contract · cosmopolitanism
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