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flower power

[ flou-er pou-er ]

noun

  1. a slogan used by and associated with flower children of the 1960s and 1970s as representative of a movement for nonviolence, passive resistance, and universal love.


flower power

noun

  1. informal.
    a youth cult of the late 1960s advocating peace and love, using the flower as a symbol; associated with drug-taking. Its adherents were known as flower children or flower people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flower power1

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
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Today, Haynes tries to replicate 70% of her most popular core patterns such as sunrise travel mugs, petal power vases and flower power butter keepers.

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A countercultural thoroughfare in the late 1960s, the street retained next to nothing of its once colorful flower power.

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As he spoke, Edelman lifted his arms as if to embrace the natural inhabitants of a sliver of Los Angeles rooted in flower power.

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Nostalgic references infuse her clothes: ’90s girl power meets flower power, with skulls and the occasional thorny rose too.

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A selection of crocus, narcissus and allium delivers seasonal flower power between February and May.

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