: 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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This is the year that the Bob Baker Marionettes — whose hipster cred and general renown increased when the theater moved to Highland Park from its longtime home tucked obscurely west of downtown — played Coachella.
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Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The neighborhood/area Akasaka is one of the city’s main business districts—more sharp suites, salary men, and international diplomats than local hipsters and international fashionistas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
Getting dissed by the alt-weekly of record could be a hipster’s nightmare.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
What if Poe had been reincarnated as an African American gothic hipster?
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The neighborhood/area Akasaka is one of the city’s main business districts—more sharp suites, salary men, and international diplomats than local hipsters and international fashionistas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
Getting dissed by the alt-weekly of record could be a hipster’s nightmare.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
What if Poe had been reincarnated as an African American gothic hipster?
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
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 29 Apr. 2026.
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