beatnik

beat·nik

B0139000 (bēt′nĭk)n. A person, especially a member or follower of the Beat Generation, whose behavior, views, and often style of dress are pointedly unconventional.

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[Beat (Generation) + -nik.]

beatnik

(ˈbiːtnɪk) n1. (Sociology) a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)2. informal any person with long hair and shabby clothes[C20: from beat (n) + -nik, by analogy with Sputnik]

beat•nik

(ˈbit nɪk)

n. 1. (sometimes cap.) a member of the Beat Generation. 2. a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc. [1955–60, Amer.]

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beatnik - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behaviorbeatbeat 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)recusant, nonconformist - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

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