hippie

noun hip·pie \ ˈhi-pē \

variants: or hippy

|Updated on: 2 Jul 2018

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

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hippiedom

play \ˈhi-pē-dəm\ noun

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hippieish

play \ˈhi-pē-ish\ adjective

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hippieness

or hippiness play \ˈhi-pē-nəs\ noun

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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.

Recent Examples of hippie from the Web

Taeler is a hippie at heart and grew up listening to that type of music, ala Jimi Hendrix.

— jim varsallone, miamiherald, "Growing up poor, this cancer-surviving wrestler with a cool name helps to end hunger," 29 June 2018
The Armadillo World Headquarters opened in 1970, oddly mixing country fans, hippies and college students, and providing a home base for such acts as Kinky Friedman, Asleep at the Wheel and Michael Martin Murphey.

— tom roland, Billboard, "Inside the 'Outlaws & Armadillos' Exhibit at the Country Music Hall Of Fame," 22 May 2018
Joe: Peter Boyle made waves with his scary portrayal of a hippie-hating factory worker in this disturbing 1970 drama.

— chris ball, cleveland.com, "'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: In Concert,' now on DVD and Blu-ray (review)," 2 May 2018
Beginning in the same era as the hippie movement, Ultimate is connected at the joint to that counterculture, and at its core, the sport embodies that spirit.

— zach engberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego pro team believes Ultimate Frisbee has shed 'stoner' label," 20 Apr. 2018
To me, Desigual represented sort of the tail end of the whole hippie movement.

— Vogue, "The ’80s Maverick Jean-Paul Goude Discusses His Impact on Fashion Then and Now," 1 Mar. 2018
There were the traditional New Age types: hippies, cyberpunks, and transhumanists, too.

— joi ito, WIRED, "The Responsibility of Immortality: Welcome to the New Transhumanism," 4 June 2018
Groupies, doormen, hippies, astronauts, bankers and frat boys took on a magisterial presence in his writing, and if there was a hint of hypocrisy in their actions, then all the better.

— thomas curwen, latimes.com, "Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 88," 15 May 2018
Groupies, doormen, hippies, astronauts, bankers and frat boys took on a magisterial presence in his writing, and if there was a hint of hypocrisy in their actions, then all the better.

— thomas curwen, sacbee, "Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 88 | The Sacramento Bee," 15 May 2018

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Origin and Etymology of hippie

⁴hip + -ie

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First Known Use: 1965

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HIPPIE Defined for English Language Learners

hippie

noun

: 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