lumpenproletariat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lumpenproletariat, which is Lumpen (“rag”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French prolétariat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōlētārius, the lowest class of Roman citizen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊm.pən.pɹəʊ.lə.ˈtɛː.ɹi.ət/

Noun

lumpenproletariat (plural lumpenproletariats)

1. (Marxism) the lowest stratum of the proletariat
2. a social underclass; the riffraff

Synonyms

• (riffraff): hoi polloi, mob, rabble, riffraff

Related terms

• lumpenintelligentsia

Translations

in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat

• French: lumpenproletariat (fr)
• German: Lumpenproletariat (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: lumpenproletariado (es) m, lumpemproletariado (es) m, lumpen (es) m

the social underclass, the riffraff

• Japanese: ルンペン (rumpen)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• lumpenproletariat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia