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superstructure
noun(su-per-struc-ture)
an entity, concept, or complex based on a more fundamental one
superstructure
noun(su-per-struc-ture)
social institutions (such as the law or politics) that are in Marxist theory erected upon the economic base
superstructure
noun(su-per-struc-ture)
a structure built as a vertical extension of something else: such as

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