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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 musicplay

    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)

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