Meaning

5 senses
  1. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

  2. (derogatory, sometimes)One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes 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.

  3. (derogatory, modern, slang)A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

    Hippie

    хи́ппиxíppi

  4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

  5. (archaic, dated)Someone who is or tries to be hip.

    Near-synonyms: hipster, hepster, trendite; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person

More definitions
  • someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

Examples

7 sentences
  1. They're a couple of hippies.

    deDas sind ein paar Hippies. — Vortarulo

  2. Tom's parents were hippies.

    ruРодители Тома были хиппи. — marafon

    deToms Eltern waren Hippies. — dasbeispielholz

  3. Tom lives in a commune with hippies.

    ruТом живёт в коммуне у хиппи. — alik_farber

    deTom lebt in eine Hippie-Kommune. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. No one knows exactly how many people considered themselves hippies.

    deNiemand weiß genau, wie viele Menschen sich als Hippies betrachteten. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Those hippies think they would enjoy subsistence farming, but they have no idea how much work it is.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
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1960s nonconformist:
Deutsch
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Origin

From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.

From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.

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