hippinessn.
/ˈhɪpɪnəs/, U.S. /ˈhɪpinəs/ The state or condition of being a hippie; the qualities or characteristics associated with the hippie subculture, viewed collectively.
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1967 Observer 26 Mar. 9 Happiness has become identified with hippiness.
1968 Blues Unlimited Dec. 9 I guess California, and psychedelia, and hippieness have had the influence.
1971 Guardian 17 June 9/4 A group like Exodus..with their veneer of Dutch hippiness.
1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 160 I don't really know many of that type and of the ones I have met I couldn't really tolerate the hippiness.
2013 J. Chandler Pickle in Middle Murder viii. 113 I started smoking pot, dropping acid, embraced my inner hippiness and took it to all new levels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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