New Age

American  

adjective

1. of or relating to a movement espousing a broad range of philosophies and practices traditionally viewed as occult, metaphysical, or paranormal.

2. of or relating to an unintrusive style of music using both acoustic and electronic instruments and drawing on classical music, jazz, and rock.

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noun

1. the New Age movement.

New Age British  

noun

1. 1. a philosophy, originating in the late 1980s, characterized by a belief in alternative medicine, astrology, spiritualism, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      New Age therapies

2. short for New Age music

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Other Word Forms

• New Ager
  noun

Etymology

Origin of New Age

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Helen’s variety involves New Age obsessions and enough familial alienation to keep her pregnancy secret for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

As the Daily Beast has detailed, some companies sell devices they describe as medbeds, invoking some kind of New Age healing promises or other nonsense science.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

During an eight-week trial, the court heard the couple had created their own bespoke belief system based on a mixture of elements that drew from New Age mysticism and West African religion.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

They’re often attracted to New Age beliefs such as Tarot cards, the I Ching, astrology and biorhythms, since these provide them with personally customized pronouncements.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos