love-in noun

1. (old-fashioned) a party at which people freely show their love and sexual attraction for each other, associated with hippies in the 1960s

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2. (disapproving) an occasion when people are being especially pleasant to each other, in a way that you believe is not sincere
   • ● The Labour Party is getting together for its annual love-in.
Word Origin1960s: originally with reference to Californian hippy gatherings.

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love-in
[informal]
a situation where two or more people praise each other a lot, especially when the praise is more than they deserve.
The awards ceremony, as usual, was a love-in.

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love in
n., slang, informal A festival or occasion to celebrate life, human sensuality, the beauty of nature, human sexuality, and universal love; affairs so conceived by some frequently deteriorate into obscenity and drug using sessions in parody of their stated purpose.
The hippies gathered for a big love-in in the Halght-Ashbury district of San Francisco.

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