anti-hierarchical

adjective

an·​ti-hi·​er·​ar·​chi·​cal

ˌan-tē-ˌhī-(ə-)ˈrär-ki-kəl,

ˌan-tī- 

 also  -hir-ˈär-

variants or less commonly antihierarchical

1

: opposed to hierarchy

… a habit of mind that was secular, rationalist, and anti-hierarchical.

—Mary Gordon

2

: deliberately or emphatically not hierarchical

Such an engagement was born of an equalitarian, consensus-building, antihierarchical approach to leadership that created its mobilization structure.

—Belinda Robnett

Word History

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1