Beatnikism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks uncountable

    "At the time, existentialism was the philosophical equivalent of beatnikism, conjuring up images of berets, iconoclasm, and the rejection of status quo values."

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heresyoriginalityrevisionismunorthodoxy

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"At the time, existentialism was the philosophical equivalent of beatnikism, conjuring up images of berets, iconoclasm, and the rejection of status quo values."

Etymology

From beatnik + -ism.

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