hippie

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hip=pie

CIDE DICTIONARY

hippie, n. 

 Someone who rejects the established culture, dresses casually, and advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle. Used especially of those in the late 1960's, mostly in their late teens and early twenties, who conspicuously rejected traditional culture by dressing casually, if male wore their hair long, and wore folksy or used clothing adorned with beads, headbands, and often flowers; they emphasized the importance of love and direct personal relations rather than success-oriented businesslike behavior, strove for spontaneity, sometimes lived communally, and in some cases tried to expand their consciousness by various psychological techniques such as meditation, or through the use of consciousness-altering drugs such as marijuana or LSD. By the end of the Vietnam war in the 1970's, the numbers of people living a visibly hippie lifestyle had dramatically decreased, though some people continue to develop similar views and live with the same outlook.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hippie, n. (also hippy) (pl. -ies) colloq.
1 (esp. in the 1960s) a person of unconventional appearance, typically with long hair, jeans, beads, etc., often associated with hallucinogenic drugs and a rejection of conventional values.
2 = HIPSTER(2).

Etymology

HIP(3)

THESAURUS

hippie

Bohemian, beat, beatnik, bohemian, breakaway, deviant, dissenter, dropout, far out, flower child, freak, free and easy, fringy, heretic, heretical, heterodox, informal, kinky, longhair, maverick, misfit, nonconformist, nonjuror, not cricket, not done, not kosher, offbeat, original, sectarian, sectary, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, unconventional, unfashionable, unorthodox, way out, yippie

ROGET THESAURUS

hippie

Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.