the Beat Generationnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbiːt dʒen.əˌreɪ.ʃən/us/ˈbiːt dʒen.əˌreɪ.ʃən/(especially in the US in the 1950s) young people who did not follow accepted principles and customs but who thought personal experience was more important
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
- beatnik
- bohemian
- boho
- communal
- commune
- crusty
- flower child
- go/get back to nature idiom
- greaser
- hermit
- nature
- New Age
- New Age traveller
- nomad
- rolling
- subculture
- underground
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