nostalgia
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dʒə, -dʒi noun
1.
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
2.
something that elicits or displays nostalgia.
Related forms
nos·tal·gic, adjective
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nostalgia (nɒˈstældʒə, -dʒɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a yearning for the return of past circumstances, events, etc |
| 2. | the evocation of this emotion, as in a book, film, etc |
| 3. | longing for home or family; homesickness |
| [C18: New Latin (translation of German Heimweh homesickness), from Greek nostos a return home + | |
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Word Origin & History
nostalgia
1770, "severe homesickness" (considered as a disease), Mod.L. (cf. Fr. nostalgie, 1802), coined 1668 by Johannes Hofer as a rendering of Ger. heimweh, from Gk. nostos "homecoming" + algos "pain, grief, distress" (see -algia). Transferred sense (the main modern one) of "wistful
yearning for the past" first recorded 1920.
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Medical Dictionary
nostalgia nos·tal·gia (nŏ-stāl'jə, nə-)
n.
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
nos·tal'gic (-jĭk) adj.
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Example sentences
Call it nostalgia for times gone by, or for times that might never have been exactly as grand as people would paint them.
The film is an utter delight, a tidal surge of joyful nostalgia cunningly repackaged and updated.
There's a lot of nostalgia in and around this fire hall.
Students and nostalgia buffs will treasure his book, for different reasons.
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