Hierarchy and Leadership

Hierarchy

Hierarchy noun - A scheme of rank or order.

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Leadership and hierarchy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leadership" instead a noun "Hierarchy".

Nearby Words: hierarchical, hierarchic

Leadership noun - The status of a leader.

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Hierarchy and leadership are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hierarchy" instead a noun "Leadership".

Nearby Words: lead, leading, leader

human	human hierarchy	human leadership
old	old hierarchy	old leadership
clear	clear hierarchy	clear leadership
formal	formal hierarchy	formal leadership
Other adjectives: current, proper, upper, corrupt, actual, entire, great, new, religious, political, military, Nazi, imperial, local, higher, soviet, galactic.

More hierarchy battles for leadership with the elite always oppressing everyone else.

Source: Literature / Them or Us
Justified in-universe by the fact that Druids, as part of their reverence for nature, style their hierarchy after pack animals; the leader, or "alpha", only leads so long as A: everyone is content with his/her leadership, and B: a stronger discontented Druid doesn't oust them from their position.

Source: Duels Decide Everything
In contrast to Demacia (which has a strict hierarchy for its leadership and military), basically anyone can rise to power if they are strong enough, which explains the assortment of somewhat unsavory characters that are allowed to be champions.

Source: Video Game / League of Legends

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