hippiedom

American  

[hip-ee-duhm] / ˈhɪp i dəm /

noun

1. the lifestyle and world of hippies, hippy, especially in the 1960s.

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Etymology

Origin of hippiedom

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; hippie + -dom

Example Sentences

I graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in 1970, which was the high point of hippiedom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Half an hour after visiting Wangechi Mutu’s exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco recently, I found myself driving down Haight Street, the headquarters of West Coast hippiedom.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

Within a few years, all but Sill were household names, and the successful commercialization of hippiedom had made Geffen and Roberts millionaires.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2020

Many of those who count themselves among this New Age fork of hippiedom are readily identifiable celebrities: Deepak Chopra, Masaru Emoto, and of course, Marianne Williamson, spiritualist, author, and Democratic contender for President.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2019

On his release, he moved to the Bay Area and eventually settled in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, the nerve center of hippiedom, just in time for the Summer of Love.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017