free love
noun
1
: living openly with a sexual partner without marriage
2
: sexual relations with no commitments by either partner
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Multiple cultural trends converged: the crackdown on obscenity, the Gospel of Love, feminism, and above all, perhaps, the doctrine of free love promoted by Woodhull.
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Unrest over Vietnam and civil rights, free love and gay liberation erupted around the Bay Area, fueled in part by Easterners who came seeking a break from society.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The festival featured Brazilian psy trance music and focused on free love, spirit, and environmental preservation.
—Anna Gordon, Time, 9 Oct. 2023
This growth was attainable by means of regular therapy and by practicing free love and unattachment to any single other person, including one’s offspring.
—Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Unrest over Vietnam and civil rights, free love and gay liberation erupted around the Bay Area, fueled in part by Easterners who came seeking a break from society.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The festival featured Brazilian psy trance music and focused on free love, spirit, and environmental preservation.
—Anna Gordon, Time, 9 Oct. 2023
This growth was attainable by means of regular therapy and by practicing free love and unattachment to any single other person, including one’s offspring.
—Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
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“Free love.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20love. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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