Hierarchy and Type

Hierarchy

Hierarchy noun - A scheme of rank or order.

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

Nearby Words: hierarchical, hierarchic

Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Hierarchy and type are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hierarchy" instead a noun "Type".

Nearby Words: typical, typed

human	human hierarchy	human type
special	special hierarchy	special type
similar	similar hierarchy	similar type
complete	complete hierarchy	complete type
Other adjectives: regular, standard, actual, entire, new, traditional.

In stories where the characters are organized with a kind of official order, hierarchy, or theme it becomes easy to simply expand that group to add new characters of the same type.

Source: Sailor Earth
The 'bad' type of fan, who treats fandom as it were some kind of joyless, ritualistic vocation, with themselves, naturally, the bullying egotists at the top of the hierarchy?

Source: Affectionate Parody / Live-Action TV
A Magister is a support rank given to caster-type officers, which sits lower on the hierarchy than a Centurion.

Source: Video Game / Ravenmark aka: Ravenmark Scourge Of Estellion

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