beats meaning
beats meaning
Definitions of beats
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:
beat generation, beatnikstype of:- youth subculturea minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
- youth subculture
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