English Explanatory Dictionary

hippie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
  2. 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 males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
  4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
  5. One who is hip.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to hippies.
  2. Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

Pronunciation

hĭp'i /ˈhɪpi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hippie.wav

Word forms

hippie hippies hippy hippier hippiest

Etymology

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

Synonyms

beatnik tree hugger flower child

Related words

hip hipster hep feral

Derived words

antihippie ecohippie hippie chimp hippie clinic hippie-dippie hippiedom hippie flip hippie flipping hippiehood hippieism hippielike hippiemobile hippieness hippie punching hippietastic hippie trail huppie neohippie nonhippie posthippie
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