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    Beat gen·er·a·tion
    /bēt ˌjenəˈrāSHən/

    noun

    • 1. a movement of young people in the 1950s who rejected conventional society and favored Zen Buddhism, modern jazz, free sexuality, and recreational drugs. Among writers associated with the movement were Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

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