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

Ultimately, the company believes that after it gets through this transition, the new age groupings will increase social activity.

From Barron's • May 1, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 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

After Venus passed over the face of the sun, a new age began.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson