hippie

hip-pie · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person, especially from the 1960s, associated with a counterculture movement rejecting conventional values and advocating peace, love, and communal living.

  2. 2.

    A person with similar values or lifestyle today.

Forms

plural: hippies

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    hippie movement — the 1960s counterculture movement
  • •
    hippie commune — a communal living arrangement
  • •
    peace and love — central values of hippie culture

Related words

Antonyms: conformist
See also: beatnik, bohemian, counterculture, peace
Synonyms: bohemian, flower child, free spirit

Etymology

From "hip" (fashionable, aware) + "-ie" diminutive suffix. Emerged in San Francisco in the mid-1960s, originally a mildly derogatory term used by the older "hipsters" for the younger counterculture participants.