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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Everything 4Chan did was ultimately for show, and its representatives who appear in the movie, like the placid hippie Fuxnet or the angry Kitaner, have some regrets but aren’t exactly fountains of self-awareness.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
And the idea of the hippie generation being portrayed by this Chicano lowrider and this half-Chinese dude, and representing different aspects of America?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2024
But Ibiza also has a quiet side, with pristine secluded beaches, a pastoral countryside, and small inland villages with a bohemian soul that harks back to the island’s hippie past.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
During the 1960s, Jerome experienced a counterculture renaissance, a polite way of saying hippies moved in.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Buzz, an electric update of the classic hippie bus, VW is touching on nostalgia to reach a new generation of car buyers.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
The Athens, Georgia quintet pledges allegiance to the sounds that powered the Armadillo World Headquarters way back when long-haired hippies like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings roamed the land.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
He was raised on a little farm in Byron Bay, Australia, a small hippie beachside town in New South Wales.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Cheech: There was this cool hippie street culture that was evolving in cities across the U.S. ...
—Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
And the idea of the hippie generation being portrayed by this Chicano lowrider and this half-Chinese dude, and representing different aspects of America?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2024
But Ibiza also has a quiet side, with pristine secluded beaches, a pastoral countryside, and small inland villages with a bohemian soul that harks back to the island’s hippie past.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
During the 1960s, Jerome experienced a counterculture renaissance, a polite way of saying hippies moved in.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Buzz, an electric update of the classic hippie bus, VW is touching on nostalgia to reach a new generation of car buyers.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
The Athens, Georgia quintet pledges allegiance to the sounds that powered the Armadillo World Headquarters way back when long-haired hippies like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings roamed the land.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
He was raised on a little farm in Byron Bay, Australia, a small hippie beachside town in New South Wales.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Cheech: There was this cool hippie street culture that was evolving in cities across the U.S. ...
—Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Hippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippie. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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