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German
Etymology
From Lump + -en- + Proletariat.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Lum‧pen‧pro‧le‧ta‧ri‧at
Noun
Lumpenproletariat n (strong, genitive Lumpenproletariates or Lumpenproletariats, no plural)
- (Marxism) lumpenproletariat
1867, Karl Marx, Das Kapital , I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner, page 630:Der tiefste Niederschlag der relativen Surpluspopulation endlich bildet die Sphäre des Pauperismus. Sie besteht—wir sehn hier ab von Vagabunden, Verbrechern, Prostituirten, kurz dem eigentlichen Lumpenproletariat—aus drei Kategorieen: erstens, Arbeitsfähige.- The lowest sediment of the relative surplus population finally dwells in the sphere of pauperism. Exclusive of vagabonds, criminals, prostitutes, in a word, the ragged proletariat, this layer of society consists of three categories. First, those able to work.
Declension
Declension of Lumpenproletariat
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