New Age
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a movement espousing a broad range of philosophies and practices traditionally viewed as occult, metaphysical, or paranormal.
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of or relating to an unintrusive style of music using both acoustic and electronic instruments and drawing on classical music, jazz, and rock.
noun
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a philosophy, originating in the late 1980s, characterized by a belief in alternative medicine, astrology, spiritualism, etc
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( as modifier )
New Age therapies
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short for New Age music
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of New Age
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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President Macron was not born 100 years ago, this is a new age.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is Oromo himself, came to power in the wake of the protests and promised a new age of unity in the country, which comprises many ethnic groups.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Mr. Holmes, however, portrays Tennyson as a thoughtful Victorian everyman, caught between intellectual tradition and revolution, struggling to articulate the consensus of an exciting but uneasy new age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda discusses his animated film ‘Scarlet,’ which updates the question from Hamlet’s soliloquy for a new art form — and new age.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
The new age of scientific policing was built on numbers.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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