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
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 warmth and engagement of those audiences began back in 1967 with hippies smoking dope, sitting on their blankets and listening deeply and intensely.
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The inspiration was hippies who love the science of it all.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
His parents were hippies, Scott said.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Just as Thompson saw something of the end of the hippie dream in the barren stretches of Southwest sand, so too did many of the American films most explicitly concerned with the collapse of ’60s idealism take place in the country’s deserts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The inspiration was hippies who love the science of it all.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
His parents were hippies, Scott said.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Just as Thompson saw something of the end of the hippie dream in the barren stretches of Southwest sand, so too did many of the American films most explicitly concerned with the collapse of ’60s idealism take place in the country’s deserts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hippie
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“Hippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippie. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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