hippie

hip·pie

noun \ˈhi-pē\

: a usually young person who rejects established social customs (such as by dressing in an unusual way or living in a commune) and who opposes violence and war; especially : a young person of this kind in the 1960s and 1970s

plural hippies

Full Definition of HIPPIE

:  a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly :  a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person

— hip·pie·dom \-pē-dəm\ noun

— hip·pie·ish \-pē-ish\ adjective

— hip·pie·ness or hip·pi·ness \-pē-nəs\ noun

Variants of HIPPIE

hip·pie or hip·py \ˈhi-pē\

Examples of HIPPIE

1. She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.
2. The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.

Origin of HIPPIE

⁴hip + -ie

First Known Use: 1965

Rhymes with HIPPIE

chippy, dippy, drippy, flippy, hippy, lippy, nippy, quippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, yippee, yippie, zippy