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plural of underpinning
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1
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
- the underpinnings of the theory have recently been called into question
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- anchorages,
- beds,
- braces,
- bulwarks,
- buttresses,
- frameworks,
- infrastructures,
- mounts,
- props,
- shores,
- stays,
- substrata,
- substructures,
- supports
- assumptions,
- justifications,
- premises
- (also premisses),
- presumptions,
- presuppositions,
- rationales,
- suppositions,
- theories,
- theses,
- warrants
2
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
- the underpinnings of the bridge were seriously damaged in the collision
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