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flower child

American

[flou-er chahyld] / ˈflaʊ ər ˌtʃaɪld /

noun

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

flower children

plural

Etymology

Origin of flower child

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

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