Lumpen Definition
lŭmpən, lo͝om-
adjective
Of or relating to dispossessed, often displaced people who have been cut off from the socioeconomic class with which they would ordinarily be identified.
Lumpen intellectuals unable to find work in their fields.
American Heritage
Designating or of persons or groups regarded as belonging to a low or contemptible segment of their class or kind because of their unproductiveness, shiftlessness, alienation, etc.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
Wiktionary
Vulgar or common; plebeian.
American Heritage
Having lumps or a lumpy appearance.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
Such a person or group.
Webster's New World
The lumpenproletariat.
American Heritage
A member of the lumpenproletariat.
American Heritage
Origin of Lumpen
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From German Lumpenproletariat the lowest section of the proletariat lumpenproletariat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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