hierarchize
verbEtymology From hierarchy + -ize.
1
To establish a hierarchy.
- It operates not by differentiating individuals, but by specifying acts according to a number of general categories; not by hierarchizing but quite simply by bringing into play the binary opposition of the permitted and the forbidden.1979, Michel Foucault, translated by Alan Sheridan, Discipline and Punish, page 183:
2
To arrange in a hierarchy.
- The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.2018 January 23, Nikita Sleptcov, “Political Homophobia as a State Strategy in Russia”, in Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, volume 12, number 1, page 146:
- Derived terms
- hierarchization