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Vinony

lumpen

noun

  1. Marxist term to describe the underclass
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlʌmpən/

adj

Etymology: Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump (“a contemptible person”) + Proletariat.

  1. Of or relating to social outcasts.

    “A little lumpen novelita. [Story of orphaned teenagers turning to crime.]”

  2. Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
  3. Plebeian.

noun

Etymology: Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump (“a contemptible person”) + Proletariat.

  1. A member of the lumpenproletariat.

    “In Sydorenko's memorable words: "Our ideals as 'lumpens' are: to find a cozy place, to eat well, to multiply and to die peacefully. A 'lumpen' does not have a nationality, nor does he have a fatherland. Nor conscience. He remains beyond politics and morality."”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English lump English -en English lumpen From lump + -en (verbal suffix).

  1. To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy

    “They had chicken soup with the matzo meal balls a little lumpened by hurry, challah, roast chicken, kasha, honey-cake.”