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 many observers, the embarrassing details of their friendship raise larger questions that have less to do with Chopra than with the nature of the New Age wellness industry as a whole.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Purser said he sees “scandal” not as “an accident or a bug” but rather a “feature” of the New Age economy.
From Salon ● May 19, 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
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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