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nostalgia definition

nos·tal·gia (nä stal′jə, nô-)

noun

  1. a longing to go back to one's home, home town, or homeland; homesickness
  2. a longing for something far away or long ago or for former happy circumstances

Etymology: ModL: coined (1688) as a medical term by J. Hofer, Swiss scholar, to transl. Ger heimweh, homesickness < Gr nostos, a return (akin to neomai, I return: see Nestor) + -algia

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nostalgia Synonyms

nostalgia

n.

remorse, wistfulness, sentimentality; see homesickness, loneliness.


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nostalgia Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • evoke: Joel Turner's Gurnard country boy rendition of Morrison's immortal lines still managed to evoke the nostalgia.

Adjective modifier

  • rose-tinted: Unless you want to shell out 15 quid in the name of rose-tinted nostalgia.

Modifies a noun

  • fest: Add Tom Baker as the baddy and you have a nostalgia fest the whole family can enjoy!

Noun used with modifier

  • TV: However, with TV nostalgia set to eat itself here's hoping this is where the story ends.

Possessives

  • sake: Here as elsewhere, the heroic past isn't simply resurrected for nostalgia's sake.

Preposition: for

  • era: Or does it have to do with nostalgia for a certain era of radio that you enjoy?
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nostalgia quotes

   NOSTALGIA IS A WEAPON

-Coupland, Douglas

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