hippie

Or hip·py

[hip-ee]

noun

1. 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.

hippie

/ ˈhɪpɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of hippy 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip ⁴ + -ie

Example Sentences

Another name that stuck was the "Bikini Killer" for his tendency to target young Western women on the hippie trail in Asia.

From BBC

There's footage of them performing it on Top Of The Pops, in what resembles a scene from the hippie musical Hair.

From BBC

Daltrey says “the days of flower power and hippies” was an eye-opening experience, but the biggest impact was the drug culture.

From Los Angeles Times

I stayed in a little punk era in Nashville and dabbled in being everything from punk to goth to hippie to whatever was the shape of my body at that time.

From Los Angeles Times

The film mutes the Black stranger’s grousing about inequality and the government’s warmongering because Forrest, in military dress, must save Jenny from the dirty hippie.

From Salon

Related Words

• bohemian 
• flower child 
• free spirit