as in fashionableness
the quality or state of being fashionable
such hipness does not come cheap, and his clothes budget is out of sight
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Recent Examples of hipness
Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
But there’s not a smack of hipness here, and Jalali is not on a quest for cool.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
The Belgian brand, once the epitome of slouchy, existential hipness, has lost some of its mojo in recent years, existing on the good will of its former self.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
But there’s not a smack of hipness here, and Jalali is not on a quest for cool.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
The Belgian brand, once the epitome of slouchy, existential hipness, has lost some of its mojo in recent years, existing on the good will of its former self.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hipness
Noun
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But over the last several years, Priscilla Presley’s glamorous ’60s style transitioned to more understated elegance.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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There’s no fabric more classic than toile, which brings elegance to any space.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fit is on the loose side and drapes just above the hips.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Then, lift your chest and push your hips forward to swing the kettlebell up in front of the body.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The slant to the sun and the coolness when the sun goes down signal that the fall season will indeed arrive.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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What interests me is the conversation between surfaces, glossy against matte, the warmth of wood beside the coolness of stone.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The show is a campy, 1980s-style whodunit that begins with the funeral of a famous singer.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The viral TikTok video shows Lukman getting ready for work inside her pod, which is housed in a warehouse-style setting where each unit appears to contain only enough space for a mattress.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The last few years this have seen this subcategory exchange its trendiness for a position as a legitimate niche market with the lower-tier of silly genre programmers.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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Horres understands why many social media users follow celebrities in hanging Labubu figures from their Hermès Birkin bags as a display of status and trendiness.—
Haicen Yang,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hipness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hipness. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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