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BEATNIK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Synonyms:
beat; beatnik
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beatnik" is a kind of...):
nonconformist; recusant (someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct)
Holonyms ("beatnik" is a member of...):
beat generation; beatniks; beats (a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop))
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