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hipsterism

American  
[hip-stuh-riz-uhm] / ˈhɪp stəˌrɪz əm /

noun

  1. the style of life of a hipster.


Etymology

Origin of hipsterism

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60; hipster 1 + -ism

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And I ended up having all these conversations with all these Black folks in my life about the way hipsterism deals with the past ironically and playfully.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2020

More than mere hipsterism, this is an appreciation for devices that do less.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2017

Brooklyn, star of the lovely film “Brooklyn,” continued to dominate art, literature, style, music, conversation and postmodern outer-borough self-referential hipsterism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2015

These days, Stanhope and longtime girlfriend Amy "Bingo" Bingaman hide out in tiny Bisbee, a town of 5,500 in Arizona's Mule Mountains, far from the traffic and hipsterism of L.A. and New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2014

I mostly drank the Kool-Aid, convinced that Vice’s traction with young men and devil-may-care hipsterism would find favor with advertisers.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2014

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