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lumpen(dictionary)

lumpen (iou)



lumpen adjective & noun. derog. M20.
[Back-form. from LUMPENPROLETARIAT.]
A. adjective. Ignorantly contented, boorish, stupid; uninterested in revolutionary advancement. Also joined to the noun qualified. M20.
A. Brookner Her lumpen immobility, her absorption in the cat. Spectator A lumpen-intelligentsia of declasse students.
b. noun collect. pl. The class of those who are lumpen. L20.