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plural lumpenproletariats
(Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution. quotations examples
I hadn't quite figured her out yet: rude snob or lumpenproletariat?
2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 29
A social underclass; the riffraff. examples