love-in

Definition

An activists' social gathering to promote love and feelings of well-being.

Etymology

From love + -in, modelled after sit-in.

Example Sentences

• "Sara Davidson traces the varying paths she and two friends followed from their undergraduate years at Berkeley through sit-ins and love-ins; grass and acid; the Kennedys and the Beatles; the sexual revolution and the woman's movement."
• "The summer in between wasn't a total love-in of hugs and sweet family times, for us and other families."