demi-monde
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌdem.iˈmɒnd/us/ˈdem.iˌmɑːnd/agroupofpeoplewholiveandbehaveinwaysthat are nottraditionallyacceptedasnormalormorallycorrect:
Hedescendedinto the demi-monde ofalcoholanddrugs.
- Hemixedwith thebohemiandemi-monde andendedup as theavant-gardepublisherofLadyChatterley's Lover.
- Back in the 60s and 70s, she was afeatureof London's demi-monde, anexoticnameon thenightclubcircuit,linkedwith astringofrockstars.
- Whatliesbeneath thecardboardveneerof Vegasglamouris a demi-monde ofstrippers,pornographers,drugdealers,waifsand runaways.
- Thedirectorwas adoyenof theshabbydemi-monde of London'sartsworldin the Sixties and Seventies.
Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss)idiom
- beatnik
- bohemian
- boho
- communal
- crusty
- flower child
- go/get back to natureidiom
- greaser
- hermit
- nature
- New Age
- New Age traveller
- New Ager
- nomad
- nomadic
- rolling
- the Beat Generation
- traveller
- underground
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Custom, tradition & conformity
Morality and rules of behaviour