nostalgia
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5.3
- noun
- /nəˈstæl.dʒə/
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nostalgia
- Seeing the three of you like that... ...does give me this little twinge of nostalgia for the old days.
- nostalgia for the past
- feel nostalgia
- a feeling of nostalgia
What phone related nostalgia was brought to your mind?
- What phone related nostalgia was brought to your mind?
- Like this song brings me so much nostalgia and it brings you none.
- They're playing on things like nostalgia and good feelings.
- Often we sit back and with nostalgia reflect on our best memories, right?
- Like I have such a strong sense of nostalgia when I see those books.
- So I really feel yeah, I feel some nostalgia about that.
- So there was this kind of nostalgia going on.
- I experienced like a high, a spike of nostalgia when we went to that one.
- Well, you could look back on the memory with nostalgia or all sorts of feelings.
- You may even feel nostalgia every time the fall hits.
- Teddy told me that in Greek, nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound.
- Shabazz's street photography may have the feel and tone of nostalgia.
Examples
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Kathmandu's hippie past is running high on nostalgia and low on foot traffic.
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Several decades after the horrors of the Vietnam War, nostalgia is beginning another resurgence.
Academic text (2008) -
Like this song brings me so much nostalgia and it brings you none.
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Like I have such a strong sense of nostalgia when I see those books.
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So I really feel yeah, I feel some nostalgia about that.
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This is bringing childhood nostalgia feels to me.
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So I have moments of nostalgia for the faith.
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Often we sit back and with nostalgia reflect on our best memories, right?
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And I am interested in nostalgia, in revisiting my own youth.
Academic text (2011) -
I often feel a strong sense of nostalgia when I look through old family photos.
Synonyms
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4.2
A tender feeling of love and longing for a person or place
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6.8
A gentle, sad feeling of missing the past
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7.4
A sudden sharp feeling of missing the past
A sudden strong feeling when you remember the past
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How Nostalgic
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Etymology
The word nostalgia comes from the Greek parts nostos 'return home' and algos 'pain'. So it is like an 'ache' to go back to the past, which is why nostalgia means a sad but sweet longing for old times.