1. The basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank; broadly; a dominance hierarchy in a group of social animals
2. A social hierarchy
1. Classement. Hiérarchie des diplômes.
2. Échelle. Hiérarchie des performances.
3. Encadrement.
4. Direction. Obtenir l'accord de la hiérarchie.