1 a structure that is built on top of sth, for example the upper parts of a ship or the part of a building above the ground
compareSUBSTRUCTURE
2 (formal) the systems and beliefs in a society that have developed from more simple ones:
the relationship between the economic base of society and the political superstructure of power
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