0 (especially in the 1950s and 1960s) a young person who did not accept society's customs and principles, and showed this by the way they dressed and behaved --
As a child in the 1940s50s, he was a member of what has been described as the transitional generation between the beatniks and hippies.
Stylistic differences between beatniks, marked by somber colors, dark shades and goatees, gave way to colorful psychedelic clothing and long hair worn by hippies.
He loves drumming on his bongos in a true beatnik fashion.
The others are there living carefree lives as beatniks.
Oly wears a green beret and speaks with a beatnik accent.
She is elegantly dressed in black, as are several beatniks in leather jackets, berets and dark glasses.
An influential character in the film is the beatnik poet, who convinces the group to accept the busboy as a significant artist.
The beatnik thing was black, cynical, and cold.
