superstructure
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
- (countable, uncountable) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
- (countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable) All that part of a building above the basement.
- (British, countable, uncountable) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
- (Marxism, countable, uncountable) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.
Opposite of
base, infrastructure, substructure
Synonyms
Translations
sovrastruttura
superestructura
superstructure
superestructura
üstyapı
Oberbau
εποικοδόμημα
bovenbouw Tragwerk υπερδομήEtymology
From super- + structure.
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