BEATNIK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beatnik mean? • BEATNIK (noun)
The noun BEATNIK has 1 sense:
1. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Familiarity information: BEATNIK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEATNIK (noun)
Meaning:
A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beatnik; beat
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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