hippie

Or hip·py

[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

/ ˈhɪpɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of hippy 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip ⁴ + -ie

Example Sentences

The film mutes the Black stranger’s grousing about inequality and the government’s warmongering because Forrest, in military dress, must save Jenny from the dirty hippie.

From Salon

I immediately judged him as one of those American free-spirited backpackers — or, what my Venezuelan father would call a hippie.

From Los Angeles Times

Miller later called the protestors “elderly…stupid white hippies” when speaking with the press at Union Station.

From Salon

"Me, I wasn't a hippy back then, but I knew a lot of hippies," he says with his characteristic laugh.

From BBC

The boldly amusing and good-natured production makes the most of the fading California hippie era.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bohemian 
• flower child 
• free spirit