hippie
or hip·py
[ hip-ee ]
/ ˈhɪp i /
noun
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.
Compare
flower child.
Words nearby hippie
hippeastrum,
hipped,
hipped roof,
hippel's disease,
hippias,
hippie,
hippiedom,
hippies,
hippo,
hippo regius,
hippo zarytus
Definition for hippies (2 of 2)
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hippy
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hippie
/ (ˈhɪpɪ) /
noun plural -pies
- (esp during the 1960s) a person whose behaviour, dress, use of drugs, etc, implied a rejection of conventional values
- (as modifier)hippy language
Word Origin for hippy
C20: see
hip
4
British Dictionary definitions for hippies (3 of 3)
hippy
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/ (ˈhɪpɪ) /
adjective -pier or -piest
informal
(esp of a woman) having large hips
Cultural definitions for hippies
hippies
Members of a movement of cultural protest that began in the United States in the 1960s and affected Europe before fading in the 1970s. Hippies were bound together by rejection of many standard American customs and social and political views (see counterculture). The hippies often cultivated an unkempt image in their dress and grooming and were known for practices such as communal living, free love, and the use of marijuana and other drugs. Although hippies were usually opposed to involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, their movement was fundamentally a cultural rather than a political protest. (See Woodstock; compare beatniks.)