beatniknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbiːt.nɪk/us/ˈbiːt.nɪk/(especially in the 1950s and 1960s) a young person who did not accept society's customs and principles, and showed this by the way they dressed and behaved
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
- bohemian
- boho
- communal
- commune
- counter-culture
- flower child
- go/get back to nature idiom
- greaser
- hermit
- hippie
- nature
- New Age traveller
- nomad
- rolling
- subculture
- the Beat Generation
- underground
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