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BEATNIK
BEATNIK
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a
member
of the "
beat
"
movement
, a
group
of young people in the United
States
in the 1950s who rebelled against conventional attitudes, dress,
speech
, etc. Beatniks frequently rejected middle
class
American
values
, customs and tastes in favor of
radical
politics
and
exotic
jazz
,
art
and literature.
—
SHSBC
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