hipsterism

[ hip-stuh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the style of life of a hipster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipsterism¹

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60; hipster ¹ + -ism

Example Sentences

“Typical Guardian hipsterism calling City’s opponents ‘Gladbach’,” snorts Gordon Fenns.

From The Guardian

“College kids were reading Marvel comics and both loving the mild psychedelia of the drawings and also appreciating the slight hipsterism of the banter,” Howe says.

From Slate

Years ago when I was first starting out, I wrote this piece about hipsterism for Vice.

From Slate

And I ended up having all these conversations with all these Black folks in my life about the way hipsterism deals with the past ironically and playfully.

From Slate

This faux blue-collar hipsterism preceded the turn to high-gloss consumer minimalism that happened once the economic recovery kicked in, preparing the ground for its popularity.

From The Guardian