New Age is used to describe spiritual or non-scientific activities such as meditation, astrology, and alternative medicine, or people who are connected with such activities.
She was involved in many New Age activities such as yoga and healing.
New Age in British English
noun
1.
a.
a philosophy, originating in the late 1980s, characterized by a belief in alternative medicine, astrology, spiritualism, etc
b.
(as modifier)
New Age therapies
2. short for New Age music
New Age in American English
[oftenn- a-]
1.
of or pertaining to a contemporary cultural movement characterized by a concern with spiritual consciousness and variously combining belief in reincarnation and astrology with such practices as meditation, vegetarianism, and holistic medicine
2.
designating or of a style of popular instrumental music characterized by simple, repetitive melodies and intended to effect a serene mood
Examples of 'New Age' in a sentence
New Age
It's all about how you can use New Age thinking to ease away the stresses of modern living.
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
On Saturday morning, Liz went to the New Age Body Workshop to give Darren MacPhee a new lot of questionnaires.
Skelton, Alison Scott AN OLDER WOMAN (2002)
You know what I don't understand about the New Age thing?
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
"You would have known each other in some kind of New Age group," Rae prompted.
Melinda Metz TRUST ME (2002)
In other languages
New Age
British English: New Age ADJECTIVE
New Age is used to describe spiritual or non-scientific activities such as meditation, astrology, and alternative medicine, or people who are connected with such activities.
She was involved in many New Age activities such as yoga and healing.
American English: New Age
Brazilian Portuguese: new age
Chinese: 新时代
European Spanish: de la Nueva Era
French: New Age
German: New-Age-
Italian: new age
Japanese: ニューエイジ
Korean: 서구적 가치를 거부한 동양적 사고 방식의 종교, 의학 철학 등의 사상 뉴에이지