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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Clateman, who has scraggly chops, a patterned scarf wrapped around his neck, and a gray button-up—like a hippie dressed up for Picture Day—coaxes her into talking.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Sinead Matthews also provides plenty of comic relief as Wigwam, Sarah’s well-meaning but idealistic hippie neighbor whose domestic bliss unravels in the unlikeliest circumstances.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
That’s because when the copper mines pulled out of Bisbee in the late 1970s, the hippies moved in.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Sinead Matthews also provides plenty of comic relief as Wigwam, Sarah’s well-meaning but idealistic hippie neighbor whose domestic bliss unravels in the unlikeliest circumstances.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
That’s because when the copper mines pulled out of Bisbee in the late 1970s, the hippies moved in.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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 11 Nov. 2025.
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