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Beat generation   /bit dʒˌɛnərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Beat generation

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).  Synonyms: beatniks, beats.






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Words linked to "Beat generation" :   youth subculture, beat, beatnik, beatniks, beats



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