Hippie also spelled 'hippy' is a member of a counterculture group that began in the 
United States during the Vietnam War, just after the British Invasion in 1960s. 
Hippie, Flower Child or contemporary Hipster are synonyms for a Hippy. Hippies 
are people whose behavior, dress, worldviews, use of psychedelic drugs, tastes in 
art, music etc. imply a rejection of conventional Upper Middle Class values. Origins 
of Hippies are in European Bohemians, American 1940s Hipsters and 1950s 
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