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hippie

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hip·pie also hip·py  (hp)
n. pl. hip·pies
A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles.

[From hip.]

hippie·dom n.

hippie
Noun
same as hippy2
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hippiehippie - someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
flower people, hippies, hipsters - a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
Translations
hippie [ˈhɪpɪ] nhippie m/f; jipi m/f

hippie, hippy [ˈhɪpɪ] nhippie m/f

hippie [ˈhɪpɪ] nHippie m

hippie [ˈhɪpɪ] nhippy m/f inv

hippie
n / adj hippie, hippy [ˈhipi]
(of) a usually young person who does not wish to live by the normal rules of society and who shows his rejection of these rules by his unusual clothes, habits etc The farm cottage was bought by a group of young hippies; (also adjective ) hippy clothes. hippie, blommekind هيبّي: المُخالِف للمعايير الإجتماعية في لباسه وعاداته хипи hippie; hippiovský hippie; hippie- der Hippie, Hippie-... χίπης, χίπικος hippie hipi هیپی hippi hippie הִיפִּי हिप्पी hipi; hipijevski hippi hippie hippi hippy; di/da hippy ヒッピー 히피(의) hipis hipijs; hipiju- hipi hippie hippie hipis hippie hippy хиппи hippie; hippiovský; hipík hipi; hipijevski hipik hippie พวกฮิปปี้ hipi, genç kalender 嬉皮士 хіпі لا ابالی وضع کا فرد، ہپّی người híp-pi


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