hierarchized

Verb

hierarchize (third-person singular simple present hierarchizes, present participle hierarchizing, simple past and past participle hierarchized)

1. (intransitive) 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. (transitive) 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, Nikita Sleptcov, “Political Homophobia as a State Strategy in Russia”, in Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, volume 12, number 1, page 146