hippie
pronunciation
How to pronounce hippie in British English:
UK [ˈhɪpi]
How to pronounce hippie in American English:
US [ˈhɪpi]
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- Noun:
- someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
Word Origin
- hippie (n.)
- c. 1965, American English (Haight-Ashbury slang); earlier hippie, 1953, was a usually disparaging variant of hipster (1941) "person who is keenly aware of the new and stylish," from hip "up-to-date" (see hip (adj.)).
Example
- 1. They think I 'm a bit of a hippie .
- 2. In retrospect , the hippie generation had direct global influences on music , television and film .
- 3. Since the 1960s , many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society .
- 4. He was exactly the right age , class and temperament to become a hippie .
- 5. Such concerns as environmental pollution , recycling , global warming , earth day observances and the international green movement can also trace it origins to a hippie environmental world-view .