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underlyingadjective of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subjectthe underlying differences between democracy and dictatorship abecedarian, basal, basic, beginning, elemental, elementary, essential, fundamental, introductory, meat-and-potatoes, rudimental, rudimentary primal, primary, prime, simplecrude, primeval, primitive, primordial, rude, uncomplicatedpreliminary, preparatorycrucial, important, key advanced complex, sophisticatedcomplicated, convoluted, detailed, elaborate, extensive, intricatedeveloped, evolved, high, higher, refined to lie underneathA layer of rock underlies the topsoil. steadying, trussingbearing, bolstering, bracing, buttressing, carrying, propping (up), shoring (up), staying, supporting, sustaining, undergirding, underpinning, upholding to form the basis or foundation of (something, such as an idea)The assumption that underlies their argument is faulty. groundingbasing, hanging, predicating, restingconducing (to), contributing (to)backing, bolstering, buttressing, corroborating, reinforcing(also reenforcing), shoring (up), substantiating, supportingconfirming, establishing, proving, verifyingaffirming, avouching, validatingestablishing, foundingassuming, postulating, premising, presuming, presupposing, supposing undercutting, undermining, weakening in 1611 |