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superstructure

 noun
     
Related topics: Building
su‧per‧struc‧ture [singular, uncountable]
1TB a structure that is built on top of the main part of something such as a ship or building
2 formal a political or social system that has developed from a simpler system:
the whole superstructure of capitalism
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