| Word | lumpen |
|---|---|
| Definition | n./adj. Dispossessed but uninterested in coordinated revolution; dull and stupid. |
| Sentence | America has existed in three stages: a North–South nation with a ‘tropic empire, … the last foray of aristocracy,’ located in the South; followed by ‘the great, metallic beast’ of the Industrial Revolution, ‘expanding East and West’; and finally a continental land mass split asunder by globalization, whereby our elites are becoming one with those in Europe and Asia while the left-behind masses inherit the economically depressed nation-state, leading to a lumpen patriotism that was on display on January 6 at the Capitol. |
| Source | National Review, Feb. 2020 |
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