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- [beet-nik]
- /ˈbit nɪk/
- /ˈbiːt.nɪk/
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- [beet-nik]
- /ˈbit nɪk/
Definitions of beatnik word
- countable noun beatnik Beatniks were young people in the late 1950's who rejected traditional ways of living, dressing, and behaving. People sometimes use the word beatnik to refer to anyone who lives in an unconventional way. 3
- noun beatnik a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1) 3
- noun beatnik any person with long hair and shabby clothes 3
- noun beatnik a member of the beat group 3
- noun beatnik (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation. 1
- noun beatnik a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc. 1
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Origin of beatnik
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
1955-60, Americanism; beat (adj.) (as in Beat Generation) + -nik
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Parts of speech for Beatnik
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
beatnik popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beatnik
noun beatnik
- iconoclast — a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
- hippie — a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- dropout — an act or instance of dropping out.
adjective beatnik
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- unorthodox — not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy; not orthodox: an unorthodox ideology.
- swinger — a person or thing that swings.
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