Definition of beatnik
: a person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s which stressed artistic self-expression and the rejection of the mores of conventional society
broadly
: a usually young and artistic person who rejects the mores of conventional society
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The first known use of beatnik was in 1958
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