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Definition of Beat generation
1. Noun. 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).
Definition of Beat generation
1. Proper noun. A group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's ''On the Road'' (1957), Allen Ginsberg's ''Howl'' (1956), and William S. Burroughs' ''Naked Lunch'' (1959). ¹
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