superstructure

Definitions

• (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
• Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
• (sometimes) All that part of a building above the basement.
• (British) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
• (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.