underpinnings

/ (ˈʌndəˌpɪnɪŋz) /

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pl n

any supporting structure or system

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What the poll shows is at once an advance, but also the gritty underpinnings of prejudice.
The Political Power of Michael Sam’s Liplock With His Lover|Tim Teeman|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Complex underpinnings very slowly melted away into less and less constraining garments.
In Paris, a Historical Look at Lingerie at Musée des Arts Décoratifs|Sarah Moroz|July 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The changes are not happening yet on the surface, but in the important place, in the underpinnings of society.
Can Bare Breasts Save Tunisia?|Janine di Giovanni|March 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The medical literature only recently has begun to examine the medical and psychiatric underpinnings of the practice.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

But a reader will never learn about the underpinnings of these friendships.
Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington’s Memoir Offers Few Revelations|Robin Givhan|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The gate of the nameless mausoleum had not been opened for many years, and the wind had heaped the dirt against the underpinnings.
The Enemies of Women|Vicente Blasco Ibez
Hewn-stone underpinnings were seldom adopted in those days; the brick-work rests directly upon the solid walls of the cellar.
An Old Town By The Sea|Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Either I should have slowed down or waited until they could put in some re-enforced-concrete underpinnings.
One Third Off|Irvin S. Cobb
Between this oddly opposed pair stands on her solid, sensible underpinnings the figure of Candida.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker
That ship you talked of is awfully plated up topside, but all her underpinnings are pretty weak.
A Fleet in Being|Rudyard Kipling

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