lumpenproletariat

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lumpenproletariat /ˌlʌmpənprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪət/

▶noun [treated as sing. or pl.] (especially in Marxist terminology) the apolitical lower orders of society uninterested in revolutionary advancement.

– origin 1920s: from Ger. (orig. used by Karl Marx), from Lumpen ‘rag, rogue’ + proletariat.

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