SUPERSTRUCTURE

[noun] [C] - a structure built on top of something elseThe superstructure of a building is the part of a building which is above the ground.The foundations are finished and work has now begun on building the superstructure of the new library.The superstructure of a ship is the part of it above the main deck.The battleship was hit by a missile which damaged its superstructure.A superstructure is also the ideas and systems of a society or organization which develop from more basic ideas and systems.According to Marxist theory, a society's superstructure is its legal, social, cultural and political institutions, which are based on its economic systems.