pecking order
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pecking order
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Calque of German Hackordnung.
noun pecking orders
- The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
- The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.
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noun usually informal hierarchy of authority or command
| Deutsch | Hackordnung, Hackabstand |
|---|---|
| Русский | неофициа́льная иера́рхия neoficiálʹnaja ijerárxija, сложи́вшийся поря́док подчине́ния složívšijsja porjádok podčinénija, поря́док клева́ния porjádok klevánija |
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