05/08/2013
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Lumpen [luhm-puhn]:
-adjective, of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, especially those who have lost status
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Lumpenproletariat [luhm-puhn-proh-li-tair-ee-uht]:
-noun (esp. in Marxist theory), the lowest level of the proletariat comprising unskilled workers, vagrants, and criminals and characterized by a lack of class identification and solidarity.