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FLOWER PEOPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
Synonyms:
flower people; hippies; hipsters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flower people" is a kind of...):
youth subculture (a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre)
Meronyms (members of "flower people"):
flower child; hippie; hippy; hipster (someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle)