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Sign in to saveA hippie (also spelled hippy in British English) is a subculture associated with the counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It originated as a youth subculture that began in the United States and spread to different 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, Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon, and Chicago's Old Town community. The term hippie was used in print by San Francisco writer Michael Fallon, helping popularize use of the term in the media, alt
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A hippie is a member of a youth subculture that emerged in the mid-1960s to early 1970s, originating in the United States and spreading worldwide as part of a broader counterculture movement. The term, derived from "hipster," became popularized through media coverage to describe young people who gathered in communities like San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury and New York's Greenwich Village.
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27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Precursors
- 1958–1965: Origins
- 1965–1967: Rise to prevalence
- 1967: Human Be-In, Summer of Love, and popularity surge
- 1967–1970: Revolution and peak of influence
- 1970–1973: Aftershocks and decline
- 1973–present: Absorption into the mainstream and new developments
- Ethos and characteristics
- Art and fashion
- Love and sex
- Travel
- Hippie trail
- Spirituality and religion
- Politics
- Drugs
- Legacy
- Culture
- Music
- United Kingdom
- Media
- See also
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
A hippie (also spelled hippy in British English) is a subculture associated with the counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It originated as a youth subculture that began in the United States and spread to different 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, Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon, and Chicago's Old Town community. The term hippie was used in print by San Francisco writer Michael Fallon, helping popularize use of the term in the media, although the tag was seen elsewhere earlier.
The origins of the terms hip and hep are uncertain. By the 1940s, both had become part of African American jive slang and meant "sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date". The Beats adopted the term hip, and early hippies adopted the language and countercultural values of the Beat Generation. Hippies created their own communities, listened to psychedelic music, embraced the sexual revolution, and many used drugs such as marijuana and LSD to explore altered states of consciousness.