hierarchize

Definitions

1. To establish a hierarchy.
   intransitive
2. To arrange in a hierarchy.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“It operates not by differentiating individuals, but by specifying acts according to a number⟳ of general categories; not by hierarchizing but quite simply by bringing into play⟳ the binary opposition of the permitted and the forbidden.”

“The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence⟳ that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct⟳ sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.”

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