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Hippie
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Hippies (nonconformists) in Tallinn, 1989
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Noun
hippie (plural hippies)
- (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
- (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who ascribes 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.
- (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
- Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
- One who is hip.
Synonyms
- (teenager who imitated the beatniks): beatnik
- (non-conformist in the 1960s): treehugger
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Translations
1960s nonconformist
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Adjective
hippie (comparative hippier, superlative hippiest)
- Of or pertaining to hippies: e.g., “the hippie era”.
- (colloquial) Not conforming to generally accepted standards.
- They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.