as in fashionableness
the quality or state of being fashionable
such hipness does not come cheap, and his clothes budget is out of sight
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Recent Examples of hipness
About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
On the block between Larimer, Walnut, 26th and 27th streets — home to Patagonia and the market — the only property Edens doesn’t own is the building occupied by the Matchbox, a bar that’s 2011 opening was a harbinger of the neighborhood’s impending hipness explosion.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
The boutique owners have managed to avoid faceless real-estate investment trusts, huge development outfits or private equity interests who have seized upon neighborhoods based on Instagram ideas of hipness, with little understanding of what the people who live in them actually need or want.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
On the block between Larimer, Walnut, 26th and 27th streets — home to Patagonia and the market — the only property Edens doesn’t own is the building occupied by the Matchbox, a bar that’s 2011 opening was a harbinger of the neighborhood’s impending hipness explosion.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
The boutique owners have managed to avoid faceless real-estate investment trusts, huge development outfits or private equity interests who have seized upon neighborhoods based on Instagram ideas of hipness, with little understanding of what the people who live in them actually need or want.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
With assistance from the app’s glossy filters, even the most mundane of still-lifes—a poppy-seed bagel on a desk, a curtained window, a traffic cone lying on its side in the road—could be imbued with an indelible hipness.
—The New Yorker, 13 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hipness
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This British brand’s collection honors wisdom, elegance, adaptability and intelligence, which are attributed to the snake in the Chinese zodiac.Ty Gaskins, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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Erivo’s creation featured an abstract print that embodies casual elegance.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
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Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid (left foot sprain) is questionable while Kyle Lowry (right hip sprain) and Andre Drummond (left toe sprain) both are out.Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Hope wore a blue cheerleader costume, posing with her hand on her hip in one photo with her sister.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Scott also notes that the prevailing trend will often be the styles gaining popularity globally.Joyce Onuorah, Essence, 14 Jan. 2025
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They were taken up by the military and became the signature style of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of US Forces in the Pacific, stationed in Brisbane, Australia, during the World War II.Margaret Maynard, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Hipness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hipness. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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