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FLOWER CHILD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flower child mean? 

FLOWER CHILD (noun)
  The noun FLOWER CHILD has 1 sense:

1. someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyleplay

  Familiarity information: FLOWER CHILD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOWER CHILD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

flower child; hippie; hippy; hipster

Hypernyms ("flower child" is a kind of...):

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

Holonyms ("flower child" is a member of...):

flower people; hippies; hipsters (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)


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