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hippie

Or 󾱱·

[hip-ee]

noun

  1. 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.



hippie

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of hippy 1

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hippie1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip 4 + -ie
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Aside from that neck wreath made of hippie Christmas ornaments, LTW generally resides in the same area of sartorial consistency as Charlotte and Seema.

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This is a group of space hippies, basically, and they are very different.

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It’s more like a weird, dark, electronic hippie dance party.

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The Tate-La Bianca murders of 1969 struck fear into mainstream America, and this frightening hippie who had supposedly compelled his acolytes to commit murder became the bogeyman of the counterculture era.

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We’ll get those ingredients and whatever weird food there is, you know, there’s always like some hippie fermented thing that’s supposed to be good for you.

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