LUMPEN


Meaning of LUMPEN in English

■ adjective

1》 (in Marxist contexts) uninterested in revolutionary advancement.

↘boorish and stupid.

2》 lumpy and misshapen.

Origin

1940s: back-form. from ~proletariat ; the sense 'misshapen' by assoc. with lumpish .

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