"beatnik" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbiːtnɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beatnik.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beatniks [plural]
Etymology: Coined by American columnist Herb Caen in 1958. From beat (generation) + cutesy or ironic use of the Russian suffix -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite. Compare jazznik. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Herb Caen|in=1958|nat=American|occ=columnist}} Coined by American columnist Herb Caen in 1958, {{m|en|beat generation|beat (generation)}} beat (generation), {{der|en|ru|-}} Russian, {{m|ru|-ник}} -ник (-nik), {{m|en|jazznik}} jazznik Head templates: {{en-noun}} beatnik (plural beatniks)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-beatnik-en-noun-EjDy19dt
  2. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: beat
    Sense id: en-beatnik-en-noun-wVZp4vds Disambiguation of People: 31 69 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms suffixed with -nik Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nik: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Baghdad by the Bay (english: also coined by Herb Caen), fringie, hepcat, hippie, hippy, jazznik, peacenik Translations (beatnik): бі́тнік (bítnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), beatník [masculine] (Czech), biitnik (Estonian), beatnik (Finnish), beatnik [masculine] (French), Beatnik [masculine] (German), ביטניק (Hebrew), ビートニク (bītoniku) (Japanese), 비트족 (biteujok) (Korean), 비트닉 (biteunik) (Korean), битник (bitnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), beatnik [masculine] (Norwegian), beatnik [masculine] (Polish), bitnik [masculine] (Polish), beatnik [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), би́тник (bítnik) [masculine] (Russian), beatnik [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), бі́тник (bítnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ביטניק (bitnik) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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