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flower power

flower power noun: a counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism.

Noun

flower power (uncountable)

  1. (US, historical) A counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism.
    • The hippies, meanwhile, seem to be flagging. Just for a moment, during the Flower Power summer of 1967, it looked as though they might matter but ever since they've been gradually losing momentum and last summer's Isle of Wight/Bob Dylan Festival, which should have signaled a revival, fell...1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • Those crazy years, that was the time / Of the flower power1980, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, “Our Last Summer”, in Super Trouper, performed by ABBA

Origin of flower power

Coined by American poet and writer Allen Ginsberg.

Questions about flower power

What does flower power mean?
Flower power means a counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism.
What part of speech is flower power?
Flower power is a noun.

Words near flower power in the dictionary

  1. flower of the flock
  2. flower petal
  3. flower petals
  4. flower pot
  5. flower pots
  6. flower power
  7. flower service
  8. flower services
  9. Flower State
  10. flower stem
  11. flower stems

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