Get to know Beatnik better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like beat or nonconformist.
Beatnik meaning
- A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
- A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
Synonyms of Beatnik
Using Beatnik
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior. | A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
- Useful related words include: beat, nonconformist, recusant.
Context around Beatnik
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beatnik
- In this selection, "beatnik" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1950s, term, grit, poetry and nightlife stand out and add context to how "beatnik" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include american or beatnik nightlife and and a beatnik. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beatnik" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beatnik
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He once observed, "I'm not a beatnik. (8 words)
Café Collage has cracked concrete, lovely capitals atop the trademark columns and a bit of beatnik grit. (17 words)
She was a passionate, caring and unique soul who loved people, a true artist and a beatnik. (17 words)
In 1958, the term “beatnik” was coined by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen to refer to members of the pre-hippie counterculture; the term was inspired by the “Beat Generation” and by the Soviet launch of its second Sputnik spacecraft. (41 words)
MGM producer Dore Schary discovered the couple quite by chance at a beatnik nightclub in Greenwich Village while on a family Christmas visit to New York City ; Schary hired them on the spot to compose his film's musical score. (40 words)
Borrowing from the 1950s beatnik poetry tradition, the audience snapped their fingers in appreciation, then hollered and cheered as Kaur’s performance came to a close. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Café Collage has cracked concrete, lovely capitals atop the trademark columns and a bit of beatnik grit.
Borrowing from the 1950s beatnik poetry tradition, the audience snapped their fingers in appreciation, then hollered and cheered as Kaur’s performance came to a close.
In 1958, the term “beatnik” was coined by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen to refer to members of the pre-hippie counterculture; the term was inspired by the “Beat Generation” and by the Soviet launch of its second Sputnik spacecraft.
She was a passionate, caring and unique soul who loved people, a true artist and a beatnik.
He once observed, "I'm not a beatnik.
In a 1961 essay, Kenneth Rexroth used both the terms hipster and hippies to refer to young people participating in black American or Beatnik nightlife.
MGM producer Dore Schary discovered the couple quite by chance at a beatnik nightclub in Greenwich Village while on a family Christmas visit to New York City ; Schary hired them on the spot to compose his film's musical score.