Lumpenproletariat
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(n) 1. A section of the population in [capitalist society] that is [deprived] of a role in production.
(n) 2. The most impoverished section in capitalist society comprising mostly of vagrants, vagabonds, criminals, welfare recipients, drug addicts, etc.
(n) 3. A non-revolutionary current in capitalist society, in [Marxist] terms.Lumpenproletariat meaning & definition 1 of Lumpenproletariat.
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(especially in Marxist terminology) the unorganized and unpolitical lower orders of society who are not interested in revolutionary advancement.
Lumpenproletariat meaning & definition 2 of Lumpenproletariat.