hippie

noun
/ˈhɪpi/

Etymology

From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.

Definitions

  1. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

  2. One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms

    One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

  3. A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for…

    A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

    2. One who is hip.

    3. Of or pertaining to hippies.

      • That dress looks very hippie.
      • The drug-taking he's writing about is less hippie than punk: it's about speed and smack and pills as much as hallucinogens and weed, about compulsion as well as escape.
      • You have to understand I worked in a very hippie nightclub for years, and the majority of the staff did not even like the Grateful Dead.
    4. Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

      • They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.

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