hippie

noun

hip·pie ˈhi-pē

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

hippiedom

ˈhi-pē-dəm

noun

hippieish

ˈhi-pē-ish

adjective

hippieness noun

or hippiness

ˈhi-pē-nəs

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 original host was Jerry G. Bishop, who donned green hair and a beard and mustache to portray a coffin-dwelling hippie with a wacky sense of humor named Svengoolie. —

Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024 Tell me the woman hippie doesn’t remind you of Catherine Keener in Get Out. —

Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024 The documentary tracks how ’90s rave folded into San Francisco’s many cultural revolutions, from the Beatniks to the hippies to the punks. —

Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024 Because the umpire, a cantankerous aging hippie, goes by the book, the game nearly doesn’t happen at all, when one guy’s obliviousness to game time risks his team being a player short. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hippie