lumpen
Definition
- Adjective:
- Mentally sluggish; dull; stupid: Describes a person who is slow in thought or understanding, lacking intelligence or alertness.
- Of or relating to dispossessed and uprooted individuals who form a class lacking social or economic status: Used in a sociological context to describe a group of people who are alienated from the social and economic structure.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The professor grew frustrated with the lumpen responses from the unprepared students.
- He dismissed the proposal with a lumpen lack of imagination.
- The novel explores the lives of the lumpen proletariat in the industrial city.
Advanced Usage
- "Lumpenproletariat": A term from Marxist theory referring to the lowest stratum of the proletariat, including the unemployed, vagrants, and criminals, seen as lacking class consciousness.
- The revolutionary vanguard did not trust the lumpenproletariat to support the cause.
Variants and Related Words
- Lumpenly (adverb): In a lumpen manner.
- He stared lumpenly at the television for hours.
- Lumpenness (noun): The quality or state of being lumpen.
Synonyms
- Obtuse: Slow to understand; insensitive.
- Stupid: Lacking intelligence or common sense.
- Dull: Lacking sharpness of intellect; not bright.
Antonyms
- Astute: Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations; shrewd.
- Intelligent: Having or showing intelligence.
- Perceptive: Having or showing sensitive insight.
Adjective
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mentally sluggish
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