superstructure
pronunciation
How to pronounce superstructure in British English:
UK [ˈsu:pəstrʌktʃə(r)]
How to pronounce superstructure in American English:
US [ˈsupərstrʌktʃə(r)]
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- Noun:
- structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
Word Origin
- superstructure (n.)
- 1640s, from super- + structure (n.).
Example
- 1. It 's a flat-bottom decker with a focsle and an enlarged aft superstructure .
- 2. The whole corporate superstructure of our economy can be made " too big to fail , " beyond retrospective regrets or futile tinkering .
- 3. The photograph , taken five days after the attack , shows the gun turrets and ruptured superstructure .
- 4. To put things in somewhat vulgar-marxist terms , the first axis dictates the economic base of the post-capitalist future , while the second pertains to the socio-political superstructure .
- 5. The consequence of an adoption of the demonstrated preference approach is that the entire indifference-class concept , along with the complicated superstructure erected upon it , must fall to the ground .