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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Birkenstock, a shoe company that rode a wave of popularity fueled by the hippie movement during the 1960s and 1970s, left in 2020.
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Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
And instead of the usual frantic panic, Jarmusch lets the apocalypse unfold with bizarre calmness: Murray and Driver patrol in sloth-like formation, Zelda welds coffins for fun and Jarmusch himself even pops up onscreen as Officer Ronnie’s aging hippie father.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
If your hippie cousin seems a little off at Easter brunch, don't be alarmed.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In Protest The Texas capital displayed an on-brand and creative protest, with drag queen performances and poetry slams while demonstrators took to the parks in scenes reminiscent of hippies in the 1970s protesting the Vietnam War.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
And instead of the usual frantic panic, Jarmusch lets the apocalypse unfold with bizarre calmness: Murray and Driver patrol in sloth-like formation, Zelda welds coffins for fun and Jarmusch himself even pops up onscreen as Officer Ronnie’s aging hippie father.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
If your hippie cousin seems a little off at Easter brunch, don't be alarmed.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In Protest The Texas capital displayed an on-brand and creative protest, with drag queen performances and poetry slams while demonstrators took to the parks in scenes reminiscent of hippies in the 1970s protesting the Vietnam War.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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