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hippie

or hip·py

[ hip-ee ]

noun

  1. a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.


hippie

/ ˈhɪpɪ /

noun

  1. See hippy
    a variant spelling of hippy 1


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hippie1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip 4 + -ie

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Example Sentences

And before you jump to assumptions, know that I'm no hippie.

Ex-hippie Billy Hayes was busted for smuggling hash and thrown in a terrifying Turkish prison.

In Israel, the hippie-hangout of Akhziv Land added its claim to independence to the already-contentious land of Israel.

She is a local hippie, the most Zen out of all of us in the apartment.

Soso, played by newcomer Kimiko Glenn, is a hippie in the worst sense of the word.

Up ahead, I saw someone, a middle-aged lady in a hippie dress, falter and fall.

“My mom was in a wheelchair for ten years before she passed,” a hippie told him.

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