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    nostalgia
    /nɒˈstaldʒ(ɪ)ə/

    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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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNOSTALGIA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    NOSTALGIA definition: 1. a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › nostalgiaNostalgia Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    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.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNOSTALGIA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NostalgiaNostalgia - Wikipedia

    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]

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNOSTALGIA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishnostalgia noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    noun. /nɒˈstældʒə/ /nəˈstældʒə/, /nɑːˈstældʒə/ [uncountable] a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past. a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia. She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › nostalgiaNostalgia - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    nostalgia. 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."

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › nostalgia_nnostalgia, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    Factsheet. What does the noun nostalgia mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun nostalgia. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun nostalgia? About 3 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of nostalgia – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    NOSTALGIA definition: a feeling of happiness mixed with sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: . Learn more.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryNOSTALGIA - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    A complete guide to the word "NOSTALGIA": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.