Skinheads (Noun)
Meaning
A youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The skinheads emerged as a distinct youth subculture in England during the late 1960s, characterized by their distinctive fashion and often violent behavior.
- In the 1970s, skinheads were frequently involved in clashes with Asian immigrants and were known for their racist views.
- The skinheads' fashion sense, which included cropped hair, work-shirts, and heavy boots, was a deliberate rejection of the hippie style that had dominated the 1960s.
- As the skinhead movement spread throughout England, it became increasingly associated with football hooliganism and violent clashes between rival groups.
- Despite their reputation for violence and racism, some skinheads also identified with the working-class values of the mod subculture that had preceded them.