NOSTALGIA

nostalgia

(noun) longing for something past

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nostalgia (countable and uncountable, plural nostalgias)

A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.

A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.

Reminiscence of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

Synonyms

• nostalgy

Antonyms

• nostopathy

• nostophobia

Anagrams

• analogist, antigoals, galtonias

Source: Wiktionary

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Nos*tal"gi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Definition: Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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