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

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

Then ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, ushering in a new age of artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch

She hopes new age restrictions take pressure off young skaters.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Hasina's downfall seemed to promise a new age.

From BBC