heterarchyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: hĕʹtəräkĭ, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtəɹɑːkɪ/

名詞

heterarchy (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 heterarchies)

1. (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.^[1]

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

2. (countable) An example of this government.

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

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.^[2]

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

派生語

• heterarchic

関連する語

• heterarch
• heterarchical

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