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) | ||
| Synonyms | beatniks, beats | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | youth subculture | ||
| Member holonym | beat, beatnik | ||