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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But for Griffin, this New Age Page-A-Day calendar patter sounds “like poetry.”
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026
“There’s nothing to support the fact that all these companies should be dumped, just because Broadcom’s got a problem,” said Julian Koski, chief investment officer of New Age Alpha.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
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
I thought again about Ashley with her pearls and sweaters and wondered how I had gone from searching for that preppy beauty to a New Age tattoo artist named Agent.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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