Definition of Superstructure

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Superstructure

Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.

The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

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Superstructure Quotations

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.
Ambrose Bierce

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
Earl Browder

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