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- DictionaryNos·tal·gia/nəˈstaljə/
noun
- 1. a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations: "I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college"
The meaning of NOSTALGIA is a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia. How to use nostalgia in a sentence.
Nostalgia definition: 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 feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays. Hearing that song again filled him with nostalgia. a wave (= sudden strong feeling) of nostalgia. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Memory and memories. abiding memory. associative memory.
a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays. Hearing that song again filled him with nostalgia. a wave (= sudden strong feeling) of nostalgia. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Memory and memories. abiding memory. associative memory.
nostalgia. /nəsˈtældʒə/. /nɒsˈtældʒə/. IPA guide. Other forms: nostalgias. Think of the noun nostalgia when you long for the good old days of the past. The noun nostalgia was invented by a Swiss doctor in the late 1600s.
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
The meaning of NOSTALGIC is feeling or inspiring nostalgia. How to use nostalgic in a sentence.
a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past. She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days. Definition of nostalgia noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
nos•tal•gia. (nɒˈstæl dʒə, -dʒi ə, nə-) n. 1. a wistful or sentimental longing for places, things, acquaintances, or conditions belonging to the past. 2. a longing for home; homesickness. 3. something that elicits nostalgia.
Nostalgia definition: A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
