heterarchy

[计] 变态分层结构

发音

UK /ˈhɛtəɹɑːkɪ/

词形变化

heterarchies 复数 heterarchies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.

    不可数 可数

    Despite installing puppet governments in the marches, the subjects of the empire’s conquered territories were still very conscious of living under heterarchy.

  2. 2.

    An example of this government.

    可数 不可数

    The proposed liberation of our largely undeveloped economy goes too far — the resulting foreign dominance of our markets would make us a heterarchy.

  3. 3.

    A system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways.

    可数 不可数

    When a group operates as a heterarchy, everyone is a leader in their own domain.

词源

From heter- (“other, different”) + -archy (“rule”).; equivalent to Katharevousa ἑτεραρχία (eterarchía) / Dimotiki ετεραρχία (eterarchía).

来源：wiktionary