heterarchy

/HH EH0 T ER0 AA0 R K IY0/

noun

1
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.
2
(uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
3
(countable) An example of this government.

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