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- noun A person who is prone to
nostalgia
Etymologies
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Examples
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More importantly for the health of his music, he's not a cranky nostalgist.
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More importantly for the health of his music, he's not a cranky nostalgist.
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More importantly for the health of his music, he's not a cranky nostalgist.
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Most powerfully of all, I'm an incorrigible nostalgist on whom the word "vintage" has a shamingly Pavlovian effect.
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In fact, I'd dare say it was like catnip, for I am an incurable nostalgist when it comes to fashion and style.
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Cecil Beaton, fellow nostalgist Charlotte Moss revels in the art of cut and paste .
Memory Makers Charlotte Moss 2010
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But Penn is not simply a nostalgist; what he really rails against is the idea of built-in obsolescence, and the accepted truth that new technologies automatically trump old ones.
It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Robert Penn 2010
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In fact, I'd dare say it was like catnip, for I am an incurable nostalgist when it comes to fashion and style.
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In the end, Blond comes across, perhaps unwittingly, as a nostalgist.
Blond & Liberty 2009
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In the end, Blond comes across, perhaps unwittingly, as a nostalgist.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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