hippiedom

English

Alternative forms

• hippydom

Etymology

From hippie +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpiːdəm/

Noun

hippiedom (uncountable)

1. Hippies as a collective group; the world of hippies.
   • 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 152:

     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.

2. The state or quality of being a hippie.
   • 1988 November 11, Tom Boeker, “Hair”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But James, unlike the rest, avoids the pitfall of trying to figure out what constitutes hippiedom […] .

   • 2011 April 2, Caitlin Moran, The Times:

     We first went to Aberystwyth when I was 13, at the height of my parents' hippydom.

Translations

state or quality

• Finnish: hippiys