Definition of Nonhierarchical

1. Adjective. Not classified hierarchically.

Exact synonyms: Nonhierarchic
Similar to: Ungraded, Unordered, Unranked
Antonyms: Hierarchical

Definition of Nonhierarchical

1. Adjective. Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonhierarchical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonhierarchical

nonhermeneutical
nonherniated
nonhero
nonheroes
nonheroic
nonheterocyclic
nonheteronormative
nonheterotrophic
nonheuristic
nonhexadecimal
nonhidden
nonhierarchic
nonhierarchical (current term)
nonhieroglyphic
nonhigh
nonhighlighted
nonhighway
nonhiker
nonhikers
nonhilar
nonhilly
nonhinged
nonhip
nonhippie
nonhippies
nonhippocampal
nonhippy

Literary usage of Nonhierarchical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Role of Farm-Level Diversification in the Adoption of Modern Technology in by Marc Nerlove, Stephen Vosti, Wesley Basel (1996)
"There are two basic types of methods, hierarchical and nonhierarchical. ... In nonhierarchical clustering, there is no such link between the different ..."

2. National Computer Security Conference Proceedings, 1992: Information Systems by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"A level at which data is classified might also be one of the four hierarchical levels plus a set of nonhierarchical compartments. ..."

3. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"As befits a democratic society, it was created from the bottom up, is nonhierarchical in both its performance and appeal, and it began as a disdained ..."

4. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"In the following discussion, "abuse" was defined as a nonhierarchical classification loaded by different numbers and combinations of DSM-IV A criteria (B. ..."

5. Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learningby Peter H. Johnston by Peter H. Johnston (2004)
"The IDZ concept has an advantage over the usual interpretation of the ZPD in that the process is nonhierarchical. It is not a matter of a more advanced ..."

6. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"A better approach to classification in such instances requires a nonhierarchical approach of some kind. The fact that the inadequacy apparently stems from ..."

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