lumpen
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lumpen¹
- /ˈlʌmpən/
adjective
- Lump-like. [About prominent critics lambasting his film 2001:] New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence
lumpen²
- /ˈlʌmpən/
Where it comes from
Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump (“a contemptible person”) + Proletariat.
adjective
- Of or relating to social outcasts. A little lumpen novelita. [Story of orphaned teenagers turning to crime.]
- Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
- Plebeian.
noun lumpens
- A member of the lumpenproletariat. In Sydorenko's memorable words: "Our ideals as 'lumpens' are: to find a cozy place, to eat well, to multiply and to die peacefully. A 'lumpen' does not have a nationality, nor does he have a fatherland. Nor conscience. He remains beyond politics and morality."
lumpen³
- /ˈlʌmpən/
verb lumpens · lumpening · lumpened
- To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy They had chicken soup with the matzo meal balls a little lumpened by hurry, challah, roast chicken, kasha, honey-cake.
Translations
Talk about this word "lumpen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lumpen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lumpen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lumpen "lumpen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lumpen.Cite this
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title = {lumpen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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