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hierarchicalA structure made up of different levels like a company organization chart. The higher levels have control or precedence over the lower levels. Hierarchical structures are a one-to-many relationship; each item having one or more items below it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the mid-twentieth century, Abraham Maslow outlined his theory of the five hierarchal needs of human motivation, namely, basic physiologic needs, safety, love/belonging, status, and ultimately "actualization. The idea of dressing a hierarchal youth movement in military-style clothing began with the Boy's Brigade in 1883. Eventually it was in part these religious revivals that helped to set the political stage for the overthrow of hierarchal authority and state official religions, the American Revolution, and the collapse of British Rule over the colonies. |
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