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youth subculture vs beat generation

beat generation vs youth subculture

youth subculture and beat generation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
youth subculture Yes No No No
beat generation Yes No No No
As nouns, beat generation is a hyponym of youth subculture; that is, beat generation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than youth subculture:
  • youth subculture: a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
  • beat generation: a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
Other hyponyms of youth subculture include flower people, hippies, hipsters, Rastafari, Rastas, beatniks, beats, teddy boys, punks, bikers, rockers, bootboys, skinheads, mods.
youth subculture (noun) beat generation (noun)
a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
Difference between youth subculture and beat generation

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