foundationally
At the core
At the most basic or fundamental level.
Something true foundationally underlies everything built upon it: The argument is foundationally flawed.
The word appears in philosophical, theological, and academic contexts where writers distinguish between surface features and underlying principles: The two theories differ foundationally.
Fundamental in nature
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- primaryChief in importance
simple · preliminary · initial · groundwork · basics · underlying · novice · primitive
Building design discipline
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
support · underpinning · pillar · buttress · substructure · base · footing · anchorage
Study of fundamental truths
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- axiomsAccepted starting principles
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
ideology · precepts · credo · belief · conviction · ethos · canon · truths
basic
Fundamental in nature
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
primary · simple · preliminary · initial · groundwork · basics · underlying · novice · primitive · incipient
architecture
Building design discipline
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
infrastructure · support · underpinning · pillar · buttress · substructure · base · footing · anchorage · grounding
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- axiomsAccepted starting principles
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
doctrine · ideology · precepts · credo · belief · conviction · ethos · canon · truths · dogma
indispensable
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
prerequisite · imperative · integral · key · paramount · pivotal · requisite · intrinsic · critical · central
foundationallysuperficially
At surface level only
surface-level · shallowly · cursorily · cosmetically · nominally
foundationallyincidentally
Introducing a tangent
marginally · peripherally · trivially · inconsequentially · secondarily
foundationallysuperficially
At surface level only
derivatively · secondarily · terminally · peripherally · marginally
- foundational skillsCore abilities enabling advancement
- foundational knowledgeEssential prerequisite understanding
- foundational principlesEssential underlying rules
- foundational mythsTales explaining cultural beginnings
- foundational momentCrucial establishing occurrence
- foundational conceptsEssential underlying ideas