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underpinningsnounpl. of underpinning an immaterial thing upon which something else reststhe underpinnings of the theory have recently been called into question bases, bases, bedrocks, bottoms, cornerstones, footings, foundations, grounds, groundworks, keystones, roots, warp and woofs, warps anchorages, beds, braces, bulwarks, buttresses, frameworks, infrastructures, mounts, props, shores, stays, substrata, substructures, supportsassumptions, justifications, premises(also premisses), presumptions, presuppositions, rationales, suppositions, theories, theses, warrantsbackbones, centers, cores, cornerstones, eyes, foci(also focuses), hearts, hubs, kernels, keystones, nuclei(also nucleuses), seatsessences, quintessences, souls, touchstones a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something elsethe underpinnings of the bridge were seriously damaged in the collision braces, buttresses, mountings, mounts, props, reinforcements, shores, spurs, stays, supports shoringscolumns, pedestals, pilasters, pillarsarches, bolsters, brackets, cantilevers, girdersbearingscrutches, pegs, posts, stakes, stanchions, stands, stilts, struts, trussesbases, foundations, frames |