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Yippie vs. Hippie — What's the Difference?

Yippie vs. Hippie — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Yippie and Hippie

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Yippie

A member of a group of politically radical hippies, active especially during the late 1960s.

Hippie

A hippie, also spelled as hippy, is a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and was used to describe beatniks who moved into New York City's Greenwich Village, San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, and Chicago's Old Town community.

Yippie

A member of the Youth International Party, a group of politically active hippies.

Hippie

A member of a counterculture originating in the United States in the 1960s, typically characterized by unconventional dress and behavior, communal or transient lifestyles, opposition to war, and liberal attitudes toward sexuality and the use of marijuana and psychedelic drugs.

Yippie

Alternative form of yippee
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Hippie

(1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

Hippie

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

Hippie

(modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

Hippie

Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

Hippie

One who is hip.

Hippie

Of or pertaining to hippies.
That dress looks very hippie.

Hippie

Not conforming to generally accepted standards.
They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.

Hippie

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.

Hippie

Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

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