variants
or hippy
plural hippies
: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic
broadly
: a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person
Examples of hippie in a Sentence
She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.
The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.
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Loading your audio article Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés that have long dogged the jam-band genre.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
My parents called me a hippie, yet wellness was so ... charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
David Crosby used to say that the hippies were right about everything — except for the drugs.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
The Youngbloods’ version reached No. 5 as hippies occupied San Francisco and the counterculture became pop culture.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
My parents called me a hippie, yet wellness was so ... charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
David Crosby used to say that the hippies were right about everything — except for the drugs.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
The Youngbloods’ version reached No. 5 as hippies occupied San Francisco and the counterculture became pop culture.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hippie
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“Hippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippie. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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