单词 | superstructural |
释义 | superstructuraladj. Of or relating to a superstructure; constituting a superstructure. Often figurative or in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adjective] > superstructure superstructorya1655 superstructive1911 superstructural1934 1774 Satires on Priestcraft p. v One material difference..must here be noticed, as it has been so much insisted upon, and so enormous a superstructural weight laid upon it. 1843 Veterinarian Mar. 121 In my description of the fore limbs, I observed that they differed materially from the hind ones in their superstructural divisions. 1884 H. D. Traill in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 30/1 The argumentative foundation which has been made to bear so vast a superstructural conclusion. 1934 Times 23 Jan. 7/5 Nearly the whole of the superstructural fabric of the castle must have been taken away for houses and barns since it collapsed. 1986 Tiger Lily Nov. 25/2 We have to spend some time thinking through the relationship between our being ascribed a status of ‘visibility’ and the overall invisibility of South Asian women in the superstructural areas of this society. 2007 D. H. Deudney Bounding Power (2009) iii. vii. 201 The arguments of Marx and his followers are scattered and underdeveloped, with the main line of argument being that violence is a superstructural phenomenon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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