LUMPENPROLETARIAT


Meaning of LUMPENPROLETARIAT in English

[ ˌlʌmpənprəʊlɪ'tɛ:rɪət ]

■ noun [treated as sing. or plural ] (especially in Marxist terminology) the apolitical lower orders of society uninterested in revolutionary advancement.

Origin

1920s: from Ger. (orig. used by Karl Marx), from Lumpen 'rag, rogue' + proletariat .

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