Etymology
So called because the philosophy is significantly more recent than traditional religious beliefs.
Noun
New Age (uncountable)
- A modern spiritual and religious movement, often with an unsystematic and eclectic system, often involving spirituality and the concept of unifying mind-body spirit.
- (music) New Age music, a genre of music designed to artistically inspire, relax, and promote optimism
Adjective
New Age (comparative more New Age, superlative most New Age)
- Of or relating to a broad movement in Western culture, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, often spirituality, mysticism, holism, and environmentalism, and partially based on eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, that developed towards the end of the twentieth century.
- (music) Of or relating to New Age music.
Derived terms
- New Ager
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