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lumpenbourgeoisie

lumpenbourgeoisie noun: a middle or upper class that supports colonial masters and has little collective self-awareness or economic base.

Noun

lumpenbourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural lumpenbourgeoisies)

  1. (Marxism) A middle or upper class that supports colonial masters and has little collective self-awareness or economic base.
  2. (Marxism) The lowest stratum of the bourgeoisie, sometimes associated with illegal businesses.

Forms of lumpenbourgeoisie

plurallumpenbourgeoisies

Questions about lumpenbourgeoisie

What does lumpenbourgeoisie mean?
Lumpenbourgeoisie means a middle or upper class that supports colonial masters and has little collective self-awareness or economic base.
What part of speech is lumpenbourgeoisie?
Lumpenbourgeoisie is a noun.
What is the plural of lumpenbourgeoisie?
The plural of lumpenbourgeoisie is lumpenbourgeoisies.

Words near lumpenbourgeoisie in the dictionary

  1. lumped together
  2. lumped-element model
  3. lumped-element models
  4. lumpen
  5. lumpenbourgeois
  6. lumpenbourgeoisie
  7. lumpenbourgeoisies
  8. lumpened
  9. lumpening
  10. lumpenintelligentsia
  11. lumpenism

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