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Lazarus layers

Lazarus layers is the plural of Lazarus layer.

Meaning of Lazarus layer

Noun

Lazarus layer (plural Lazarus layers)

  1. (Marxism) An impoverished segment of society that may be forced by necessity to work for a low wage.
    • Newly proletarianized workers were available to be exploited, while 'Lazarus layers' of the unemployed kept down wages, making production more profitable.1972, Ralph Miliband, John Saville, The Socialist Register, page 188

Questions about Lazarus layers

What is Lazarus layers the plural of?
Lazarus layers is the plural of Lazarus layer.

Words near Lazarus layers in the dictionary

  1. Lazartes
  2. Lazarus
  3. Lazarus effect
  4. Lazarus Island
  5. Lazarus layer
  6. Lazarus layers
  7. Lazarus of Bethany
  8. Lazarus sign
  9. Lazarus species
  10. Lazarus syndrome
  11. Lazarus taxa

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