HIPSTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

Synonyms:

flower child; hippie; hippy; hipster

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hipster" is a kind of...):

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

Holonyms ("hipster" is a member of...):

flower people; hippies; hipsters (a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music)

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