hippies Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    hipsters; flower people.
  2. noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
    hipster; hippie; flower child; hippy.

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