hippie

noun hip·pie \ ˈhi-pē \

variants: or hippy

Definition of hippie

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.

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Mad Hippie: Take 15% off all orders all weekend and stock up on your natural skin care.

— erin reimel, Glamour, "The Best Labor Day Beauty Sales for 2017," 25 Aug. 2017
Among the groups: Doukhobor farmers, Finnish coal miner, Quakers, hippies, and the Ochiltree Organic Commune, which embraced meat eating and coffee drinking.

— Alaska Dispatch News, "Reading the North: A travel guide and ‘The Promise of Paradise’," 19 Aug. 2017
Moon Juice, the hippie wellness brand loved by Gwyneth Paltrow and other pseudoscience experts, will soon be stocked at Sephora.

— ashley weatherford, The Cut, "You’ll Soon Be Able to Buy Sex Dust at Sephora," 9 Aug. 2017
Live music is easy to find in Thamel, a former hippie haven.

— the editors, Marie Claire, "Prabal Gurung Takes You Inside His Hometown of Kathmandu," 31 July 2017
At least, that was the gimmick used by a tour company that organized a bus trip around San Francisco for tourists to gawk at the hippies who had flocked to that city in 1967.

— lily rothman, Time, "Go Inside a 1967 Tour Bus as It Visits San Francisco During the Summer of Love," 20 July 2017
Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna could have kicked back this July, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, when flower power and hippies ignited America’s culture shock on the streets of San Francisco.

— bill thompson, Cincinnati.com, "Jefferson Airplane alumni serve up some Hot Tuna," 19 July 2017
With nightly rates during high season of $700 to $1,500, this place wasn't for hippies.

— davy rothbart, GQ, "Inside the Clothing-Optional Resort of Your Swinging Dreams," 18 July 2017
Two young hippies had even been murdered in the East Village a few years earlier.

— christopher bonanos, Daily Intelligencer, "Remembering When City Hippies Left New York for Country Life," 13 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of hippie

⁴hip + -ie

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First Known Use: 1965

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hippie

noun

Definition of hippie for English Language Learners

: 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

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hippie

noun hip·pie

variants: or hippy \ˈhi-pē\

Definition of hippie for Students

plural hippies

:a usually young person who rejects the values and practices of society and opposes violence and war

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