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Noun: lumpenproletariat
  1. (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement

Derived forms: lumpenproletariats

Type of: labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], proletariat, proletariate [archaic], working class

Encyclopedia: Lumpenproletariat