hippie

Meanings

Noun

• A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
• 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.
• A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
• Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
• One who is hip.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to hippies.
• Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

Origin

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