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underpinningnoun an immaterial thing upon which something else reststhe underpinnings of the theory have recently been called into question base, basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, root, warp, warp and woof anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, supportassumption, justification, premise(also premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrantbackbone, center, core, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, nucleus, seatessence, quintessence, soul, touchstone a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something elsethe underpinnings of the bridge were seriously damaged in the collision brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, support shoringcolumn, pedestal, pilaster, pillararch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girderbearingcrutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, trussbase, foundation, frame to hold up or serve as a foundation forthe central beliefs that underpin a free society bearing, bolstering, bracing, buttressing, carrying, propping (up), shoring (up), staying, supporting, sustaining, undergirding, upholding steadying, trussing, underlying in the 15th century |