beat generation

beat·ge·ne·ration

uncommon

noun

1.

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)

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Broader terms

youth subculture

Part of

beatnik

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Grammar

noun
singular	beat generation
plural	beat generations

Nearby words

beat about beat around the bush beat a retreat beat back beat down beat in beat out beat up beau Beaufort scale

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