Synonyms for beatnik
ˈbit nɪkbeat·nik

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1. beatnik, beatnoun

   a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

   Synonyms:
   measure, cadence, pulse, round, metre, heartbeat, meter, musical rhythm, rhythm, beat, pulsation

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1. • Nonconformist

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1. Mary McCarthy:

   It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of fringe benefit, a mere convention, accepted obsolescence, the Beatnik model being turned in for the Hippie model, as though strangely obedient to capitalist laws of marketing.