Along with the civil rights movement, antiwar protests, and the beatles, hippies were one of the most distinctive features of a very colorful decade. Hippies certainly attracted the attention of the media. The meaning of hippie is a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic;

Inspired by ideas of peace, love, and freedom, hippies sought to รขโ‚ฌยฆ A hippie, also spelled hippy, [1] especially in british english, [2] is someone associated with the counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s, originally a youth movement that began in the united รขโ‚ฌยฆ