flower power
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism.
American usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The hippies, meanwhile, seem to be flagging. Just for a moment, during the Flower Power summer of 1967, it looked as though they might matter but ever since they've been gradually losing momentum and last summer's Isle of Wight/Bob Dylan Festival, which should have signaled a revival, fell distinctly flat."
- "Those crazy years, that was the time / Of the flower power"
- "The Beetle's cheap, frugal and functional nature attracted legions of flower-power fans and the little Vee Dubs became symbols, moving protests and even works of art."
- "“Flower Power” by Bernie Boston—one of two iconic images of the 1960s flower power movement taken on the same day during an anti-war protest at the Pentagon in 1967. Here George Harris places carnations into gun barrels."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable