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new age

new age noun: a modern spiritual and religious movement, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, that developed towards the end of the 20th century.

Noun (1)

new age (uncountable)

  1. (capitalized, often) A modern spiritual and religious movement, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, that developed towards the end of the 20th century.
  2. New Age music.

Adjective (1)

new age (comparative more new age, superlative most new age)

  1. (capitalized, often) Of or relating to the New Age movement.
    • At this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to a mature, rational, and responsible ego, capable of freely participating in the open exchange of mutual self-esteem. There is the "edge of history." There would...
  2. Of or relating to New Age music.

Adjective (2) capitalized: New Age

New Age (comparative more New Age, superlative most New Age)

  1. 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 20th century.
  2. Of or relating to New Age music.

Noun (2) capitalized: New Age

New Age (uncountable)

  1. A modern spiritual and religious movement.
    • At this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to a mature, rational, and responsible ego, capable of freely participating in the open exchange of mutual self-esteem. There is the "edge of history." There would...1995, Ken Wilber, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of New Age music.

Forms of new age

Noun
alternative formNew Age
alternative formnew-age
Adjective
comparativemore new age
superlativemost new age
comparativemore New Age
superlativemost New Age
alternative formnew age

Words formed from new age

Questions about new age

What does new age mean?
New age means a modern spiritual and religious movement, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, that developed towards the end of the 20th century.
What part of speech is new age?
New age can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near new age in the dictionary

  1. New Abbey
  2. New Abra
  3. New Addington
  4. New Administrative Capital
  5. new adult
  6. new age
  7. New Age music
  8. new age traveller
  9. New Age travellers
  10. New Ageism
  11. New Ageist

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