flower child

[ flou-er chahyld ]

noun

, plural flow·er chil·dren.

1. (in the 1960s and 1970s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flower child¹

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; from the conventional image of such people as carrying and distributing flowers

Example Sentences

The latter, scion of a well-known political dynasty, was an introspective guitar-strumming flower child with liberal leanings.

From The Daily Beast