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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The satirical black comedy, which mocks the hippie motorcycle movies made popular with Easy Rider (1969), stars Robert Blake and Billy Green Bush as Arizona motorcycle cops who get caught up in a murder investigation.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Her mother, a Moroccan immigrant with a Ph.D. focused on nutrition, and her father, a German immigrant who worked as a carpenter, had settled there when it was known more for hippies than Teslas.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
However, her topless form is showcased in a sculpture that a fellow beatnik/hippie artist, played by Charles Bronson, is working on in her beach shack, when Burton’s Edward comes to call.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Putting a woman in the part to begin with already establishes a sense of otherness that breaks away from the tendency to play Christ as a shaggy-haired, pissy hippie.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Her mother, a Moroccan immigrant with a Ph.D. focused on nutrition, and her father, a German immigrant who worked as a carpenter, had settled there when it was known more for hippies than Teslas.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
However, her topless form is showcased in a sculpture that a fellow beatnik/hippie artist, played by Charles Bronson, is working on in her beach shack, when Burton’s Edward comes to call.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Putting a woman in the part to begin with already establishes a sense of otherness that breaks away from the tendency to play Christ as a shaggy-haired, pissy hippie.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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