beatnik

beat·nik  (btnk)

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.]

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beatnik

Noun

a young person in the late 1950s who rebelled against conventional attitudes and styles of dress [beat (noun) + -nik]

Thesaurus

Noun

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