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Noun

1. 1
   plural of beatnik form-of, plural
2. 2
   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) wordnet

Synonyms

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beat generationbeat generationbeats

Example

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"Tom's grandparents were beatniks."

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