nostalgia

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"My sentimental feelings, my nostalgia is there.

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  1. noun A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
  2. noun The condition of being homesick; homesickness.

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  • Not only does re-reading this fiftieth anniversary version strike up nostalgia, the theme of nostalgia is very much part of the collection's warp and woof, as we take a look at Bradbury's Green Town through the eyes of young brothers—the Spauldings (though principally Douglas)—as finally summer arrives. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#214
  • Whether it be for the nostalgia or the gameplay, you could always go back to some games and still enjoy it as much as you used to. —  Latest from PALGN
  • To further the nostalgia, there is even an option to turn on the sprite flicker glitch that bugged the series before, causing slowed game play when multiple enemies were onscreen. —  The Daily Campus
  • CES 2009: The instant camera lives again technology mixed with a heaping spoonful of iconic nostalgia is an irresistible combination. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • No one can deny their penchant for nostalgia, and the scope of the style stretches from the simple elegance of the 1920s through the hippy look all the way through angular models popular in the 1980s. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
 

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  1. Greek nostos, a return home; see nes-1 in Indo-European roots + -algia.

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  1. = French nostalgie = Spanish nostalgia = Portuguese Italian nostalgia, from New Latin nostalgia (New Greek νοσταλγία) (cf. Greek νοσταλγεῑν, be homesick), from Greek νόστος, a return, + ἄλγος, pain, grief, distress.
 

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/nɑsˈtældʒiə/
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