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flower child
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hippie, hippy, hipster, flower childnoun
someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
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flower childnoun
A hippie involved with the flower power movement.
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Flower child
Flower child originated as a synonym for hippie, especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribute flowers or floral-themed decorations to symbolize ideals of universal belonging, peace, and love. The mass media picked up on the term and used it to refer in a broad sense to any hippie. Flower children were also associated with the flower power political movement, which originated in ideas written by Allen Ginsberg in 1965.
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flower child
A flower child is a term originating from the 1960s and 70s that refers to a person, especially a hippie, advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values, often as a form of passive resistance to societal norms and materialistic lifestyle. They are also typically associated with the use of psychedelic drugs and communal living. The term is heavily tied to the counterculture of this period, symbolizing an advocacy for peace and nature.
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Flower child
Flower child originated as a synonym for the children of Billy Ray Williams and his then wife Hazel Payne Williams who made and sold paper flowers while living on Haight Street, starting in the early 1960s. The two older daughters, Charlotte and Victoria, wore flowers in their hair while selling the paper flowers to tourists visiting the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. It eventually became a synonym for the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and environs during the 1967 Summer of Love. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribute flowers or floral-themed decorations to symbolize altruistic ideals of universal belonging, peace and love. The mass media picked up on the term and used it to refer in a broad sense to any hippie. Flower children were also associated with the flower power political movement, which originated in ideas written by Allen Ginsberg in 1965.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flower child in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flower child in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- زهرة الطفلArabic
- květina dítěCzech
- blomst barnDanish
- BlumenkindGerman
- παιδί λουλούδιGreek
- florinfanoEsperanto
- niño de florSpanish
- kukka lapsiFinnish
- enfant de fleurFrench
- leanbh bláthannaIrish
- फूल से बच्चेHindi
- virág gyermekHungarian
- anak bungaIndonesian
- figlio dei fioriItalian
- ילד פרחHebrew
- flos puerLatin
- bloemen kindDutch
- blomst barnNorwegian
- kwiat dzieckoPolish
- criança de florPortuguese
- copil floareRomanian
- цветок ребенкаRussian
- blomma barnSwedish
- con hoaVietnamese
- 花童Chinese
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