All class structure synonyms
class struc·ture
C c noun class structure
- hierarchy — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- power structure — the system of authority or influence in government, politics, education, etc.: The state elections threatened to upset the existing power structure.
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- social structure — structure (def 9).
- dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- chain of command — the various individual officers, ranks etc that constitute a hierarchy each level receiving orders from the one above it and passing on the orders to the one below
- corporate ladder — the hierarchy of posts with a particular corporation or corporations in general
- placing — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- ranking — senior or superior in rank, position, etc.: a ranking diplomat.
- social stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
- stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
- corridors of power — the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence
- interests — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.