flower child

[flou-er chahyld]

noun

plural

flower children 

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