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hippie

/ˈhɪpi/

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noun

Hippie, jeune imitant les beatniks

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

Examples :

"In the late 1950s, John was considered a hippie because he wore berets and read poetry like the beatniks he admired. "

À la fin des années 1950, John était considéré comme un hippie parce qu'il portait des bérets et lisait de la poésie comme les beatniks qu'il admirait.

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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.

Examples :

"The hippie in my history class questioned the Vietnam War, much to the surprise of some of his classmates. "

L'hippie dans ma classe d'histoire a remis en question la guerre du Vietnam, à la grande surprise de certains de ses camarades de classe.

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Hippie, baba cool

(modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

Examples :

"The new student, a hippie, often wore his long hair in braids and colorful clothes to school. "

Le nouvel élève, un hippie, portait souvent ses longs cheveux en tresses et des vêtements colorés à l'école.

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Quelqu'un qui s'habille dans le style hippie

Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

Examples :

"My uncle, a hippie in his younger days, wore a colorful, embroidered shirt to the family picnic. "

Mon oncle, un hippie dans sa jeunesse, portait une chemise colorée et brodée au pique-nique familial.

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noun

Hippie

One who is hip.

Examples :

"My uncle, a hippie in his younger days, always wore brightly colored clothes to work. "

Mon oncle, un hippie dans sa jeunesse, portait toujours des vêtements aux couleurs vives au travail.

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adjective

Hippie

Of or pertaining to hippies.

Examples :

"That dress looks very hippie."

Cette robe a l'air très hippie.

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adjective

Non conformiste, anticonformiste

Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

Examples :

"They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP."

Ils ont utilisé un tas de formats de compression non conformistes au lieu des habituels RAR et ZIP.

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