lumpenproletariat

Unadapted borrowing from German Lumpenproletariat.

• IPA^(key): /ˌlʊm.pənˌpɹəʊ.ləˈtɛː.ɹi.ət/, /ˌlʌm.-/

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lumpenproletariat (plural lumpenproletariats)

1. (Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 29:

     I hadn't quite figured her out yet: rude snob or lumpenproletariat?

2. A social underclass; the riffraff.

• (riffraff): hoi polloi, mob, rabble, riffraff

• lumpenbourgeoisie
• lumpenintelligentsia
• lumpenprole

• lumpenproletariat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from German Lumpenproletariat.

• IPA^(key): /lum.pɛn.prɔ.lɛˈta.rjat/

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• Rhymes: -arjat
• Syllabification: lum‧pen‧pro‧le‧ta‧riat

lumpenproletariat m inan (related adjective lumpenproletariacki)

1. (collective, Marxism) lumpenproletariat (the lowest stratum of the proletariat)

• lumpenproletariat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lumpenproletariat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• lumpenproletariat in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from German Lumpenproletariat.

lumpenproletariat n (uncountable)

1. (Marxism) lumpenproletariat