flower child
noun
(in the 1960s and 1970s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
flower children
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pluralof flower child.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He called himself “the Gardener,” the caretaker of lost flower children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
“It’s all just a dream,” Lorde gently chides the Coachella-era flower children, on a weightless, twinkling song that sounds suspiciously like one.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
"Now the top end of the Forest Service are a bunch of flower children," one resident of the town of Lakeview, southeast of the fire, told the Post.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2021
The National Lampoon rejected the failed peace-and-love utopia of the flower children, and blanched at the slick-haired sycophants that would go on to form the yuppie class during the 80s.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2018
“So is that how all flower children make their judgments—so quick and easy?”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
