a lumpen intellectual. When it comes to voting time…the lumpen aristocracy, too, just shuffle mindlessly past the ballot box (Punch).
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lum|pen|pro|le|tar|i|at — «LUM puhn PROH luh TAIR ee uht», noun. the section of the proletariat that lacks class consciousness: »These are not the real working class. These are the lumpenproletariat, tainted by petty bourgeois ideology (New Yorker). ╂[< German… … Useful english dictionary
lum — ac·e·tab·u·lum; acic·u·lum; am·y·lum; an·te·bel·lum; an·te·o·per·cu·lum; as·co·phyl·lum; as·per·gil·lum; asy·lum; bac·u·lum; bel·lum; blaf·lum; blel·lum; bol·bo·phyl·lum; brach·y·phyl·lum; cal·o·phyl·lum; ca·lum·ba; ca·lum·ni·ate;… … English syllables
pen|du|lum — «PEHN juh luhm, dyuh », noun. a weight so hung from a fixed point that it is free to swing to and fro. It moves through a regular arc under the influence of gravity. The movement of the works of a tall clock is often timed by a pendulum. »The… … Useful english dictionary
pen·du·lum — /ˈpɛnʤələm/ noun, pl lums [count] : a stick with a weight at the bottom that swings back and forth inside a clock often used figuratively The fashion pendulum swung from silver jewelry to gold and back again. [=silver jewelry was popular for a… … Useful english dictionary
lumpen — lum·pen … English syllables
Lumpengesindel — Lụm|pen|ge|sin|del 〈n. 13; unz.; abwertend〉 heruntergekommene, hergelaufene Menschen; Sy Lumpenpack * * * Lụm|pen|ge|sin|del, das (abwertend emotional verstärkend): Gesindel. * * * Lụm|pen|ge|sin|del, das (abwertend, emotional verstärkend):… … Universal-Lexikon
Lumpenpack — Lụm|pen|pack 〈n.; s; unz.〉 = Lumpengesindel * * * Lụm|pen|pack, das (abwertend emotional verstärkend): ↑ 2Pack. * * * Lụm|pen|pack, das (abwertend, emotional verstärkend): vgl. ↑Lumpengesindel … Universal-Lexikon
Lumpenproletariat — Lụm|pen|pro|le|ta|ri|at 〈n. 11; unz.〉 aus allen Klassen stammendes Proletariat ohne proletarisches Klassenbewusstsein * * * Lụm|pen|pro|le|ta|ri|at, das (marx.): unterste Gesellschaftsschicht ohne Klassenbewusstsein. * * * Lumpenproletariat, … … Universal-Lexikon
Lumpensammler — Lụm|pen|samm|ler 〈m. 3〉 1. 〈früher〉 jmd., der gewerbsmäßig Lumpen sammelt 2. 〈fig.; umg.; scherzh.; veraltet〉 letzte Straßen od. Vorortbahn in der Nacht * * * Lụm|pen|samm|ler, der: 1. (veraltend) jmd., der gewerbsmäßig alte Kleider, unbrauchbar … Universal-Lexikon
lumpen — lum|pen [ˈlʌmpən, ˈlum ] adj [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: lumpenproletariat lowest part of the population (20 21 centuries), from German, from lump dirty untidy person + proletariat proletariat ] 1.) relating to the poorest and least educated people … Dictionary of contemporary English
