peace and love

Sixties counterculture mantra

Peace and love is a greeting or farewell associated with 1960s counterculture, expressing goodwill and hippie ideals of harmony and universal affection.

It persists as a casual sign-off, sometimes sincere, sometimes ironic or deliberately retro: Peace and love, everybody.

The phrase encapsulates an era's optimism about human connection.

Related

kindness · dove · embrace · gentle · warmth · tenderness · affection · forgiveness · bliss · calm · good vibes · devotion · hippie · flower power · flower · heart · caring · reconciliation

Categories
Opposites
emotional/social stance

peace and lovefear and loathing

Combined terror and disgust

animosity · malevolence · belligerence · antagonism · enmity

societal condition

peace and lovecarnage

Widespread violent death

mayhem · militarism · terrorism

countercultural ethos

peace and lovelaw and order

Governance through enforced rules

Vietnam War · Richard Nixon

Family

peace, love, peaceful, peacefully, peacefulness, peacemaker, peacekeeping, peacekeeper, peacetime

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G