lumpenintelligentsia

noun

The lowest stratum of the intelligentsia, sometimes associated with informal education.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

nounlumpenintelligentsia (uncountable)

alternative lumpen-intelligentsia

  1. MarxismuncountableThe lowest stratum of the intelligentsia, sometimes associated with informal education.
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