beat·nik (b t n k)n. A person, especially a member or follower of the Beat Generation, whose behavior, views, and often style of dress are pointedly unconventional. [Beat (Generation) + -nik.] |
beatnik [ˈbiːtnɪk]
n
1. (Sociology) a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)
2. Informal any person with long hair and shabby clothes
[from beat (n) + -nik, by analogy with Sputnik]
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| Noun | 1. |  beatnik - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behaviorbeat 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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