hipness
2
7.2
- noun
- /ˈhɪp.nəs/
- Informal
:
modernidad
- The street represents hipness, an emphasis on achieving and maintaining status based on one's person (not on one's achievements, as in the dominant culture), and a contempt for conventional values and behaviors, which are easily discredited because of their association with whites; these can include doing well in school, being civil to whites, and speaking standard English.
- hipness quotient
- high-fashion hipness
So quite frankly, I think GM is trying to jazz up its hipness by partnering with Nikola.
- So quite frankly, I think GM is trying to jazz up its hipness by partnering with Nikola.
Examples
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Youngish and tanned, outfitted in black clothes and a good haircut, fluent in business-speak, he was a poster boy for corporate hipness.
Academic text (2002) -
Allison, 25, is the model of intelligent hipness: attractive, long hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a loose plaid shirt.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's a ploy for hipness.
Blog text (22) -
The person asking the question in the first place speculates that the technique has taken on a kind of 'hipness' at this point.
Blog text (22) -
So quite frankly, I think GM is trying to jazz up its hipness by partnering with Nikola.
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In jeans and a bulky maroon sweater, he cut a lean figure of advancing hipness.
Fiction book (1998) -
While the Eclipse was no longer a real performance car by the time it reached its third generation, the ad isn't selling performance; it's selling hipness and youth culture with a catchy song.
Blog text (6) -
I quit reading Pitchfork regularly in the mid-'00s because I concluded that, while they write well and knowledgeably, they care more about hipness than they do about music.
Blog text (18) -
Many young people strive for hipness by following the latest fashion trends.
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Her unique style and awareness of trends give her an air of hipness that captivates others.
Synonyms
5
3.7
An attractive, stylish quality that many people admire
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4.0
How popular or fashionable something is now
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3.6
A quality of being fashionable and attractive
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6.5
Being stylish and elegant in a simple way
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7.1
A fun, fashionable quality that makes people or things seem attractive
The state of being in style and popular now
A quality of being in style and following the latest fashions
Interest in things that are popular for a short time
Antonyms
How Trendy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hipness comes from American slang hip (sometimes hep) that meant 'in the know' among jazz musicians and city trendsetters, so hipness means being fashionable and aware of the latest styles.