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The definition of a hippie was a young person during the 1960's or early 1970's who went against generally accepted values of society with many turning to actions like communal living, mysticism and psychedelic drugs.

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An example of a hippie was Janis Joplin.

See hippie in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

any of the young people of the 1960s and 1970s who, in their alienation from conventional society, turned variously to mysticism, psychedelic drugs, communal living, etc.
any person having a similar lifestyle

Origin: < hip + -ie

See hippie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also hip·py

noun 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.

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Origin: From hip²

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