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hippies

Cultural  

1. Members of a movement of cultural protest that began in the United States in the 1960s and affected Europe before fading in the 1970s. Hippies were bound together by rejection of many standard American customs and social and political views (see counterculture). The hippies often cultivated an unkempt image in their dress and grooming and were known for practices such as communal living, free love, and the use of marijuana and other drugs. Although hippies were usually opposed to involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, their movement was fundamentally a cultural rather than a political protest. (See Woodstock; compare beatniks.)

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Example Sentences

At Parque de los Hippies, Angela Novoa Molina sells the fresh fruit concoction called salpicón, a family business she inherited from her father.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

Hippies became synonymous with Los Angeles in the 1970s thanks to restaurants like The Source.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

Hippies burning library cards, Abbie Hoffman telling everybody to steal books.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2022

The jangly ’60s psych-hued lead riff fit the faint Summer of Love aesthetic of her Livin’ Like Hippies tour, the name of which stems from a line in her song “Highway Vagabond.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2018

Hippies are all over San Francisco, both the old stoner kinds with giant skanky beards and tie-dyes, and the new kind, who are more into dress-up and maybe playing hacky-sack than protesting anything.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory