Definitions For Heterarchy

Noun

HETERARCHY (plural heterarchies) (uncountable) The rule#verb, rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power. : Despite installing puppet governments in the marches, the subjects of the empire’s conquered territories were still very conscious of living under heterarchy. (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. 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.Crumley, Carole L. (January 1995). "Heterarchy and the Analysis of Complex Societies" (PDF). Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 6 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1525/ap3a.1995.6.1.1. Retrieved 26 February 2014. : ''When a group operates as a heterarchy, everyone is a leader in their own domain.

Derived terms

heterarchic

Related terms

heterarch heterarchical

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Etymology

“” defined as a derived term of the prefix “”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]; equivalent to w:katharevousa, katharevousa sc=polytonic, ἑτεραρχία / w:dimotiki, dimotiki sc=polytonic, ετεραρχία