Home / Thesaurus / beat generation
Thesaurus: beat generation
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)
Related headwords
anarchismdefinitionbebopdefinitioncommunaldefinitiondressdefinitiondrugsdefinitionfavoreddefinitionformsdefinitionjazzdefinitionlivingdefinitionmoderndefinitionpossessionsdefinitionpsychedelicdefinitionregulardefinitionrejecteddefinitionStatesdefinitionsubculturedefinitiontraditionaldefinitionuniteddefinitionworkdefinitionyouthdefinitionbeat a retreatfamilybeat aboutfamilybeat around the bushfamilybeat backfamilybeat cakesfamilybeat cheeksfamilybeat downfamilybeat herfamily
Definitions
- n. 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)