variants
or hippy
plural hippies
: 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
Examples of hippie in a Sentence
She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.
The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.
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Julianne Nicholson stars as the titular Janet, a hippie acupuncturist living in western Massachusetts whose life revolves around her 11-year-old daughter Lacy (Zoe Ziegler).
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Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024
The plastic case showed a bald and bearded hippie who had been dismissed from his psychology assistant professorship at Harvard because of his research on psychedelic drug therapies.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024
The plastic case showed a bald and bearded hippie who had been dismissed from his psychology assistant professorship at Harvard because of his research on psychedelic drug therapies.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hippie
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“Hippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippie. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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