What is "underpinnings"

Usage examples of "underpinnings".

The Deutsche cared nothing for those underpinnings, either, so far as Felless could tell.

Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.

He became a full staff member of the Mount Wilson Observatory, learned many of the scientific underpinnings of his work and died rich in the respect of the astronomical community.

I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.

And even with its dark underpinnings, it's chockful of magic and delight.

It was a perfect Mengelian day, all underpinnings visible, everything pared down to ordinary bone.

Some leftists don't understand that they are the battering ram against the moral underpinnings of America.

But in America, our sense of decency, morality, and society's moral underpinnings are rooted in a Judeo-Christian heritage as expressed in the Bible.

Most of the males and females at the embassy dealt with the Deutsch Tosevites in a purely pragmatic way, caring nothing for the theoretical underpinnings of interspecies relations.

The arrows crashed down in a rain, and the flimsy underpinnings of the litter bounced and splintered with the impact.

Reeling as if the underpinnings of her life had all been torn asunder, Mara did not feel Saric's hands help her from the hallway into the sitting room.