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superstructure
[ soo-per-struhk-cher ]
noun
- the part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
- any structure built on something else.
- the overlying framework or features of an organization, institution, or system, built or superimposed on a more fundamental base.
- Nautical. any construction built above the main deck of a vessel as an upward continuation of the sides. Compare deckhouse.
- the part of a bridge that rests on the piers and abutments.
- anything based on or rising from some foundation or basis:
a complex ideological superstructure based on two hypotheses.
superstructure
/ 藞蝉耻藧辫蓹藢蝉迟谤蕦办迟蕛蓹 /
noun
- the part of a building above its foundation
- any structure or concept erected on something else
- nautical any structure above the main deck of a ship with sides flush with the sides of the hull
- the part of a bridge supported by the piers and abutments
- (in Marxist theory) an edifice of interdependent agencies of the state, including legal and political institutions and ideologies, each possessing some autonomy but remaining products of the dominant mode of economic production
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉耻辫别谤藢蝉迟谤耻肠迟耻谤补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉耻顎僷别谤路蝉迟谤耻肠顎卼耻谤路补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of superstructure1
Example Sentences
Sonar scans indicate the vehicles that fell into the water are encased in a "superstructure" of concrete and other debris, say state police.
Butler said they believe the vehicles with the other victims are 鈥渆ncased in the superstructure and concrete that we tragically saw come down.鈥
They are now using sonar scans and believe that vehicles that may contain other bodies are "encased in superstructure and concrete" that came down from the bridge, an official said.
鈥淏ased on sonar scans, we firmly believe that the vehicles are encased in the superstructure and concrete that we tragically saw come down,鈥 he said.
But the elaborate ideological superstructure is also rewarding at first.
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