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noun
- 1. a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past: "I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days at university"
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NOSTALGIA definition: 1. a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the…. Learn more.
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.
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 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.
The modern view is that nostalgia is an independent, and even positive, emotion that many people experience often. Nostalgia has been found to have important psychological functions, such as to improve mood, increase social connectedness, enhance positive self-regard, and provide existential meaning. [14]
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. He put together the Greek nostos "homecoming" and algos "pain, distress" as a literal translation of the German Heimweh "homesickness."
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.
feeling happy and also slightly sad when you think about things that happened in the past: Talking about our old family holidays has made me feel all nostalgic. We'll take a nostalgic look at the musical hits of the 60s. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling pleasure and happiness. (as) pleased as Punch idiom. ASMR.
Definition of nostalgia noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 + -algia]
