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
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
On the block between Larimer, Walnut, 26th and 27th streets — home to Patagonia and the market — the only property Edens doesn’t own is the building occupied by the Matchbox, a bar that’s 2011 opening was a harbinger of the neighborhood’s impending hipness explosion.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
The boutique owners have managed to avoid faceless real-estate investment trusts, huge development outfits or private equity interests who have seized upon neighborhoods based on Instagram ideas of hipness, with little understanding of what the people who live in them actually need or want.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
On the block between Larimer, Walnut, 26th and 27th streets — home to Patagonia and the market — the only property Edens doesn’t own is the building occupied by the Matchbox, a bar that’s 2011 opening was a harbinger of the neighborhood’s impending hipness explosion.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
The boutique owners have managed to avoid faceless real-estate investment trusts, huge development outfits or private equity interests who have seized upon neighborhoods based on Instagram ideas of hipness, with little understanding of what the people who live in them actually need or want.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hipness
Noun
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Coco Hotel - Copenhagen, Denmark Parisian elegance meets contemporary Danish design in this luxury boutique hotel that was named the best hotel in Scandinavia in 20203 by Travel+Leisure magazine.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Minimal pragmatism meets elegance with this season’s luxe comfort sandals.—
Laura Lajiness Kaupke,
refinery29.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Nova also has another rare genetic anomaly—she was born without hip sockets.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Look at the tall hip bolsters, which might seem foreboding, yet when dropping into the chair and potentially landing sensitive high-value body parts on the hip bolster, there’s no threat of emasculation or bruising.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Listen to new Miami Dolphins running back Alexander Mattison describe his playing style, and one understands why the team decided to sign him.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Many users are requesting images in the style of Studio Ghibli, which created popular films like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Boy and the Heron.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Hipness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hipness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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