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Meanings of lumpenproletariat in English
Russian
люмпен-пролетариат Portuguese
lumpemproletariado Spanish
lumpenproletariado Catalan
lumpenproletariat A class of people in a society characterized by low income, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
Synonyms
Examples for "underclass"
Examples for "underclass"
1
Another wave of executives was colonizing the riverbank, creating a new underclass.
2
I love fake revolts of the underclass: I'm a veteran of them.
3
The result - a psychedelic voice of the underclass named Chicha.
4
Some policymakers assume that the underclass results solely from racial and economic discrimination.
5
The west London underclass wasn't organised and self-aware like in the East End.
1
He was the second of seven children in a lower class family.
2
I felt relieved, in spite of the size of the lower class.
3
Barrera came from a middle class background, Morales from a lower class.
4
This middle class condemnation swept the lower class away in its train.
5
The remaining part of the lower class consisted of impoverished Chinese peasants.
Usage of lumpenproletariat in English
1
If any sportsman's clay was shaped by the lumpenproletariat mentality of our inner cities, the most depraved in the civilised world, it is Rooney.
Frequent collocations
Translations for lumpenproletariat
Portuguese
Lumpenproletariat through the time