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New Age
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New Age
adj.
1. Of or relating to a complex of spiritual and consciousness-raising movements originating in the 1980s and covering a range of themes from a belief in spiritualism and reincarnation to advocacy of holistic approaches to health and ecology.
2. Of, relating to, or resembling New Age music.
n.
A style of modern music characterized by a relaxing or dreamy texture derived from quiet harmonies and drones, often incorporating synthesizers and acoustic and ethnic instrumentation.

New Ager n.
New-Agey (nj, ny-) adj.

New Age
n
1. (Philosophy)
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. (Music / Pop Music) short for New Age music
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New Age adj & nNew Age (f) inv


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A NEW SPIRITUALITY OF PERSECUTION IS NEEDED Finding our way through this ethical quagmire is exceptionally difficult, and without a lot of guidance, many will be lost.
Although they cannot be discerned from any particular demographic group - Cultural Creatives come from all walks of life from accountants to acupuncturists, supermarket buyers to computer consultants and lawyers and doctors to midwives and gardeners - the overriding factor is that they tend to be involved in, or care intensely, about environmentalism, globalisation, peace, social justice, holistic health, civil rights and new spirituality.
In particular, by the late thirteenth century, with the emergence of the cult of relics and the new spirituality of the mendicant orders, images took on forms and functions that transcended the didactic and devotional functions implicit in Gregory's dicta.
 
 
 
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