: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion)
Examples of hipster in a Sentence
a movie that appeals equally to hipsters and suburbanites
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The love triangle consists of a successful Manhattan man in his 50s, played by Ruffalo, and a Brooklyn hipster in his 20s, played by Role Model.
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Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
As with the terms hipster or democracy, though, the true definition of midcentury modern has steadily eroded from overuse and blatant misrepresentation on Facebook Marketplace.
—Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Oscar Isaac, with louche long hair and a snaky hostility, plays Nick Toches (or, rather, the fictional version of him from the novel), a journalist who’s a hipster-outlaw legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Even the beautiful, mellow hipsters in the closing story set in Paris are soulful twin siblings who communicate with sensitivity and understated depth of feeling.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
As with the terms hipster or democracy, though, the true definition of midcentury modern has steadily eroded from overuse and blatant misrepresentation on Facebook Marketplace.
—Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Oscar Isaac, with louche long hair and a snaky hostility, plays Nick Toches (or, rather, the fictional version of him from the novel), a journalist who’s a hipster-outlaw legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Even the beautiful, mellow hipsters in the closing story set in Paris are soulful twin siblings who communicate with sensitivity and understated depth of feeling.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hipster
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“Hipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipster. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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