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n. The lowest, most degraded stratum of the proletariat. Used originally in Marxist theory to describe those members of the proletariat, especially criminals, vagrants, and the unemployed, who lacked class consciousness.

n. The underclass of a human population.

n. the lowest stratum of the proletariat

n. a social underclass; the riffraff

n. the lowest level of the proletariat, comprising unskilled workers, the unemployed, and the dispossessed, alienated from the class with with they would normally identify and having little or no class solidarity; -- an important element in Marxist theory.

n. (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement

"An older fellow-Communist at school patiently explained that the violent intimidation I had witnessed was a perfect example of "the dictatorship of the proletariat"; my friends on the receiving end being, as mere construction workers, the "lumpenproletariat"."

labor    working class    proletariat    labour   

hoi polloi    rabble    mob    riffraff