lumpenproletariat

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (Marxism) 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.
  2. A social underclass; the riffraff.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/lʊm.pən.pɹəʊ.lə.ˈtɛː.ɹi.ət/
Etimologie (Engels)

Unadapted borrowing from German Lumpenproletariat.

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