Dictionary

hippiedom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪpiːdəm/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English hippie Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English hippiedom From hippie + -dom.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Hippies as a collective group; the world of hippies.
   • FM radio was the new alternative to AM radio in 1970, and it filled the alternative market niche as the source of music and news for all of California hippiedom. 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 152:
2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being a hippie.
   • We first went to Aberystwyth when I was 13, at the height of my parents' hippydom. 2011 April 2, Caitlin Moran, The Times:
   • But James, unlike the rest, avoids the pitfall of trying to figure out what constitutes hippiedom […]. 1988 November 11, Tom Boeker, “Hair”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

Translations (1)

fi hippiys (state or quality)