BEATNIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beatnik mean? 

• BEATNIK (noun)
  The noun BEATNIK has 1 sense:

1. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

  Familiarity information: BEATNIK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEATNIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beat; beatnik

Hypernyms ("beatnik" is a kind of...):

nonconformist; recusant (someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct)

Holonyms ("beatnik" is a member of...):

beat 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))