longhair

Counterculture type, informally

Longhair originally described devotees of classical music, then broadened to mean any intellectual or aesthete—someone more interested in art and ideas than practical matters.

The term later attached to hippies and counterculture figures with literally long hair: a longhair from the sixties.

It can be dismissive, suggesting impracticality or pretension.

As an adjective: longhair music, longhair types.

counterculture

hippie

Sixties counterculture member

nonconformist · psychedelic · sixties · seventies · protest · peace · love · festival · anti-establishment · dropout

hairstyle

mane

Neck hair, horse/lion

straight · wavy · cascading · ponytail · braid · extensions · lustrous · silky · voluminous · unkempt

classical

musician

One who performs melodies

conductor · composer · violinist · pianist · cellist · opera · concerto · conservatory · philharmonic · maestro

feline

Persian

Of or from Iran

fluffy · grooming · shedding · matting · brushing · furball · coat · pedigree · purebred · silky

Categories
Opposites
intellectual/cultural sophistication

longhairphilistine

Art-dismissing ignoramus

lowbrow · anti-intellectual · know-nothing · ignoramus · yahoo

countercultural identity

longhairsquare

Rhombus with right angles

straight · conformist · conservative · traditionalist · organization man

hair length (literal)

longhairshorthair

Domestic cat variety

skinhead · baldy · buzzcut · crewcut · clean-cut

Family

longhaired, longhairs

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G