as in fashionableness
the quality or state of being fashionable
such hipness does not come cheap, and his clothes budget is out of sight
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Recent Examples of hipness
The Belgian brand, once the epitome of slouchy, existential hipness, has lost some of its mojo in recent years, existing on the good will of its former self.
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Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
But travelers have come to a point where too much hipness is no longer really wanted.
—Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
But travelers have come to a point where too much hipness is no longer really wanted.
—Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hipness
Noun
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For over 70 years, Half Moon has been one of the most iconic resorts in the Caribbean, exuding a refined elegance that stands the test of time.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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Combining vintage elegance with modern-day amenities, the five-story, 50-room property is seriously stylish.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
Noun
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For the evening, the actress wore a sea foam green high neck midi dress with elegant ruching details around the hips.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Night fell in rumpled black over the Atlantic, her phone buzzing angrily at her hip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The club has long been associated with a style called ‘shoeshine and piano’, which in basic terms is ‘touch football’, similar to tiki-taka.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Our team of animators also had to be trained to make realistic drawings of the human body, as most of them came from animations with a cartoonish style.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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“Hipness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hipness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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