HIPPIES Definition & Meaning

hippies

Members of a movement of cultural protest that began in the United States in the 1960s and affected Europe before fading in the 1970s. Hippies were bound together by rejection of many standard American customs and social and political views ( see counterculture ). The hippies often cultivated an unkempt image in their dress and grooming and were known for practices such as communal living, free love, and the use of marijuana and other drugs. Although hippies were usually opposed to involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War , their movement was fundamentally a cultural rather than a political protest. ( See Woodstock ; compare beatniks .)

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Upon stepping into the clubhouse, Steinbrenner was repulsed by the long hair, mutton chops and flowing mustaches then associated with hippies and the anti-establishment movement.

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It was just the first time all the hippies of the world got together.

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In a Fresno speech, he particularly “took on the Cal hippies,” Spencer recalled in an oral history while being interviewed by Reagan biographer Lou Cannon.

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“I was raised by radical hippies, so nobody teaches me boundaries,” she says unapologetically.

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While the Allmans were a multiracial group of long-haired hippies and not beloved in most halls of power, Carter was a deep-cut fan and quoted the band’s lyrics back to Allman.

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