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HIPPY (hippier, hippiest)
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, hippiest Dictionary entry overview: What does hippy mean?
• HIPPY (noun)
The noun HIPPY has 1 sense:
1. someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
Familiarity information: HIPPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
flower child; hippie; hippy; hipster
Hypernyms ("hippy" is a kind of...):
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
Holonyms ("hippy" is a member of...):
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)
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