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English noun: beat generation

1. beat generation (group) 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)


Synonymsbeatniks, beats


Broader (hypernym)youth subculture


Member holonymbeat, beatnik









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