hippie

or hip·py

[ hip-ee ]

/ ˈhɪp i /

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noun

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.

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Compare flower child.

Origin of hippie

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip⁴ + -ie

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Examples from the Web for hippie

And before you jump to assumptions, know that I'm no hippie.
A Navy Vet’s Case for Gun Control|Shawn VanDiver|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soso, played by newcomer Kimiko Glenn, is a hippie in the worst sense of the word.
Orange Is the New Black’s Kimiko Glenn on Hippie Brook Soso and Chapel Sex with Natasha Lyonne|Marlow Stern|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And my character in Wild is a little bit more of a hippie than, say, Cal Morrison.
Game of Thrones’ New Hunk Michiel Huisman on the Revamped Daario Naharis|Marlow Stern|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We missed the apogee of the hippie revolution becoming something more serious.
Argentina’s Drag & Drop Democracy|Jeff Campagna|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“This hippie boy Suzuki came to the island to listen to the feelings of a Japanese soldier,” recalled Onoda.
The Week in Death: The Last to Surrender|The Telegraph|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“My mom was in a wheelchair for ten years before she passed,” a hippie told him.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
Up ahead, I saw someone, a middle-aged lady in a hippie dress, falter and fall.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for hippie

hippie

/ (ˈhɪpɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of hippy 1

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Word Origin and History for hippie

hippie

c.1965, American English (Haight-Ashbury slang); earlier hippie, 1953, was a usually disparaging variant of hipster (1941) "person who is keenly aware of the new and stylish," from hip "up-to-date" (see hip (adj.)).

hippie

or hip·py

noun

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