flower power
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- noun
- /ˈflaʊər ˈpaʊər/
- Archaic
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poder de las flores
- The old songs about flower power remind us of a time when people celebrated peace and unity.
Back in the day when things were different, like the flower power, that was like Woodstock, That's what the ease was like back in the day.
- Back in the day when things were different, like the flower power, that was like Woodstock, That's what the ease was like back in the day.
Examples
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Flower power, it's gonna change the world, man!
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Flower power, Al.
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Flower power!
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Back in the day when things were different, like the flower power, that was like Woodstock, That's what the ease was like back in the day.
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During the 1960s and 70s, many young people embraced flower power as a symbol of peace and love.
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The phrase flower power represents a movement that advocated for nonviolence and harmony among individuals.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally reads as 'the power of flowers', so a learner who knows 'flower' and 'power' can infer a metaphorical notion of influence or symbolic strength. However, the specific historical/political meaning — a 1960s peace movement and its connotations of nonviolence — is culturally specific and not directly derivable from the constituents, so prior exposure is needed for full understanding.
Etymology
Flower power comes from the 1960s when young people used flowers as a sign of gentle power, often putting flowers in gun barrels and wearing flowers in their hair to show they did not want war. So flower power came to mean 'peace', 'love', and 'nonviolence'.