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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

But something that worries me about modern hipsterism is how comfortable people seem to be about its commodification.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014

Shareen Mitchell began her retail career in Los Angeles, with both a robust eye for hipsterism and a pragmatic sense of thrift.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2011