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nostalgia Definition


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nostalgia
noun
    1. A yearning for the past.
      Thesaurus: wistfulness, sentimentality, reminiscence, yearning, remembrance, loneliness, pining, regret, longing.
    2. Homesickness.
Derivative: nostalgic
adj
    Feeling or expressing yearning for the past
      Thesaurus: sentimental, longing, maudlin, regretful, romantic, wistful.
Derivative: nostalgically
adverb
    Etymology: 18c in sense 2: from Greek nostos homecoming.



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