SUPERSTRUCTURE


Meaning of SUPERSTRUCTURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌstrək-chər ]

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 ˌsü-pər-ˈstrək-chə-rəl, -ˈstrək-shrəl adjective

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