Beats (Noun)
Meaning
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).
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The beats were a 1950s subculture that rejected mainstream conventions in favor of a more bohemian lifestyle.
- Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were two prominent authors associated with the beats movement.
- The beats often gathered in coffee shops to share poetry, play jazz, and discuss their philosophical ideas.
- The beats' disdain for consumerism and conformity often led them to abandon traditional careers in pursuit of artistic expression.
- The beats' counterculture values emphasized the importance of individual freedom and nonconformity in their art, literature, and everyday lives.