pecking order
The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birdsThe natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
Значение
значений: 2The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
(шире, переносно)The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, 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.
Hackordnung, Hackabstand
неофициа́льная иера́рхияneoficiálʹnaja ijerárxija, сложи́вшийся поря́док подчине́нияsložívšijsja porjádok podčinénija, поря́док клева́нияporjádok klevánija
- the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
Переводы
языков: 3По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Calque of German Hackordnung.Calque of German Hackordnung.
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Формы
мн. число: pecking orders| Ед. число | pecking order |
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правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 2- the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body:hierarchypower structure