lumpen
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adjective \ˈlu̇m-pən, ˈləm-\Definition of LUMPEN
1
: of or relating to dispossessed and uprooted individuals cut off from the economic and social class with which they might normally be identified <lumpen proletariat> <lumpen intellectuals>
2
: plebeian 2
Examples of LUMPEN
- <a kind of music that has traditionally appealed to the lumpen segment of the musical audience>
Origin of LUMPEN
German Lumpenproletariat degraded section of the proletariat, from Lump contemptible person (from Lumpen rags) + Proletariat
First Known Use: 1936
Related to LUMPEN
- Synonyms
- baseborn, common, humble, inferior, low, lowborn, lower-class, low-life, lowly, ignoble, mean, plebeian, prole, proletarian, unwashed, vulgar
- Antonyms
- aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, partrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
2lumpen
noun plural lumpen also lumpens
Definition of LUMPEN
: a member of the crude and uneducated lowest class of society
First Known Use of LUMPEN
1941
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