Lumpen - English meaning
Lumpen – definitions in English dictionary
adjective(in marxist contexts) uninterested in revolutionary advancement.
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The lumpen public is enveloped in a culture of dependencyadjectiveLumpy and misshapen; ugly and ponderous.
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Her own body was lumpen and awkward
plural nounThe lumpenproletariat.
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And none ever sucked so much money out of the lumpen.
adjectiveUsed to describe people who are not clever or well educated, and who are not interested in changing or improving their situation
Usage examples:
The lumpen proletariat (= unskilled working people)
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Word origin
1940s: back-formation from lumpenproletariat; the sense ‘misshapen, ponderous’ is by association with lumpish.
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