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NOSTALGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nostalgia mean?
• NOSTALGIA (noun)
The noun NOSTALGIA has 1 sense:
1. longing for something past
Familiarity information: NOSTALGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Longing for something past
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("nostalgia" is a kind of...):
hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nostalgia"):
homesickness (a longing to return home)
Derivation:
nostalgic (unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons)
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