n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ str ə k-ch ə r
Function: noun
Date: 1638
1 a : an entity, concept, or complex based on a more fundamental one b : social institutions (as the law or politics) that are in Marxist theory erected upon the economic base
2 : a structure built as a vertical extension of something else: as a : all of a building above the basement b : the structural part of a ship above the main deck
– su · per · struc · tur · al \ ˌ sü-p ə r- ' str ə k-ch ə -r ə l, - ' str ə k-shr ə l \ adjective