pecking order

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
2. The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.

Sinonieme

hierarchy

power structure

hyponymy

hierarchical relationship

vertical relationship

peck order

Vertalings

Hackordnung

hiérarchie

hierarquia

gerarchia di poteri

rangorde

estrutura de poder

hierarquia social

ordem de importância

jerarquia

jerarquía

gerarchia

ordine gerarchico

Etimologie (Engels)

Calque of German Hackordnung.