beatnik
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a young person in the late 1950s and early 1960s who did not accept the usual ideas and rules of society and who dressed and behaved in a different way from other people in order to emphasize this.
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a young person in the late 1950s and early 1960s who did not accept the usual ideas and rules of society and who dressed and behaved in a different way from other people in order to emphasize this.
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a group of people in society who are not considered to behave according to the moral or social standards accepted by most people
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someone who does not live like most people because they do not agree with society’s values
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someone who lives life the way that they want to and does not care about rules or customs
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someone in the 1960s who was opposed to war and the traditional attitudes of society, and who showed this by having long hair and wearing very informal clothes
another spelling of hippie
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one of a group of people who live by killing wild animals and finding food and do not keep any animals or grow any crops
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in the UK, a member of the New Age movement who travels from one place to another in groups and lives in a vehicle
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someone who belongs to a group of people who move from place to place in order to find food and water for their animals or themselves
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someone who has moved out of a city, especially to the coast, to have a quieter life
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a young man whose hair is cut off completely, especially one who is part of a violent right-wing group
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someone who is lively and fashionable and goes to many social events. This word was used mainly in the 1960s.
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someone who is young, earns a lot of money, and lives in a city in a style that is too expensive for most people
someone who does not stay in the same job or with the same friends for very long
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