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| lum·pen [ lúmpən, lmpən ] |
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1. marginalized: living, or regarded as living, on the margins of society
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2. not educated or enlightened: stupidly content with a life regarded as intellectually empty and socially inferior
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lumpen people: people regarded by others as lumpen
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| [Mid-20th century. Back-formation <lumpenproletariat] |
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