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The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
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Usage: Marxism
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A social underclass; the riffraff.
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(Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: labor, labour, working class, proletariat
Unadapted borrowing from German Lumpenproletariat.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
流氓無產階級 /流氓无产阶级
(liúmáng wúchǎnjiējí)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Chinese Mandarin:
遊民無產者 /游民无产者
(yóumín wúchǎnzhě)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Dutch:
lompenproletariaat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Finnish:
ryysyköyhälistö
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Finnish:
ryysyproletariaatti
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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French:
lumpenproletariat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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German:
Lumpenproletariat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Greek:
λούμπεν προλεταριάτο
(loúmpen proletariáto)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Greek:
κουρελοπρολεταριάτο
(koureloproletariáto)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Hungarian:
lumpenproletariátus
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Malay:
proletar hina
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Polish:
lumpenproletariat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Portuguese:
lumpenproletariado
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Punjabi:
ਲਫੰਗ ਪਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ
(laphaṅg paroltārī)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Punjabi:
ਲੁੰਪਨ ਪਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ
(lumpan paroltārī)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Romanian:
lumpenproletariat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Russian:
лю́мпен-пролетариа́т
(ljúmpen-proletariát)
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Serbo-Croatian:
lumpenproletarijat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Slovak:
lumpenproletariát
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Spanish:
lumpenproletariado
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Spanish:
lumpemproletariado
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Spanish:
lumpen
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Swedish:
trasproletariat
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Vietnamese:
vô sản lưu manh
— in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會底層 /社会底层
(shèhuì dǐcéng)
— the social underclass, the riffraff
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Finnish:
roskaväki
— the social underclass, the riffraff
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French:
populace
— the social underclass, the riffraff
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Japanese:
ルンペン
(rumpen)
— the social underclass, the riffraff
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Serbo-Croatian:
lumpenproletarijat
— the social underclass, the riffraff
