| 释义 |
lum·pen
I. \lu̇mpən, ˈləm-\ adjective
Etymology: German lumpen- (in lumpenproletariat degraded and contemptible section of the proletariat), from lump contemptible person & lumpen rag, from Middle High German lumpe rag
: of, relating to, or being an amorphous group of dispossessed and uprooted individuals set off by their inferior status from the economic and social class with which they are identified
< exclusion of the rootless lumpen proletariat from a leading role in the revolutions — American Polit. Sci. Review >
< the new unemployed intelligentsia … will not become lumpen intellectuals — Daniel Bell >
II. \ˈlu̇mpən, ˈləm-\ noun
(plural lumpen or lumpens)
Etymology: lumpen, adjective
: a member of the crude and uneducated lowest class of society |