{
  "id": "hierarchy.social",
  "term": "hierarchy",
  "sense": "social",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 17,
  "domain": "social",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern of parts where some are above others in space and time, and each level controls the one below.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "space.extent",
      "time.dimension",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "control.ability"
    ],
    "interaction": "Parts are arranged in space and persist over time such that higher levels influence lower levels through regular patterns of control.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "ranked levels",
      "asymmetric influence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "structure.arrangement",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a kind of structured arrangement with ranked levels"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "hierarchies",
    "hierarchy"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hierarchy.social"
}