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

In an irony, though, that the flower children could never imagine, growing legal pot has tangled Stein in the red tape he has spent his life avoiding.

From Nautilus

Although it’s set four decades in the past and works best as an allegory for how baby-boomer flower children grew up to be hypercapitalist yuppies, Physical also feels like a sign of our transitioning times.

From Time

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

From The Daily Beast