nostalgia

Meanings

• Noun

  A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

  - "She felt a deep nostalgia for her childhood home."
  - "His nostalgia for the past often made him melancholic."

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Synonyms

nostalgy

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with nostalgia
apologia , hagiology , melancholia

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Variants

List of all variants of nostalgia that leads to same result
nostalgia , nostalgias , nostalgist , nostalgists

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'nostos' meaning 'homecoming' and 'algos' meaning 'pain' or 'grief'.

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Trivia

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1. Nostalgia was once considered a medical condition, and in the 17th century, Swiss physicians would send homesick soldiers to their families to cure their nostalgia.

2. The longest recorded word with the most number of letters that rhymes with 'nostalgia' is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

3. Nostalgia is often associated with the color blue, as it evokes feelings of sadness and longing.

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Related Concepts

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1. Nostalgia for Innocence: A common form of nostalgia that focuses on the idealization of childhood and the loss of innocence that comes with growing up.

2. Pop Culture Nostalgia: A trend in contemporary culture that celebrates and revisits past media, such as TV shows, movies, and music.

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Quotes

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1. My own feelings were that since I'd jettisoned employment, marriage, "nostalgia" and swampy regret, I was now rightfully a man aquiver with possibility and purpose …

   - Richard Ford,{it}Independence Day{/it},1995

2. Nevertheless, if one understands the "nostalgia" for war which marked these years of his break with America, it still remains a nostalgia that is empyreal and histrionic. Only once in his career did MacArthur lead as small a body of men as a company—one somehow feels that the idea of MacArthur, even as a boy, in command of anything less than a division verges on the ludicrous …

   - William Styron,"MacArthur",8 Oct. 1964,{"source"=>"in {it}This Quiet Dust and Other Writings{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1982"}

3. … the script is written in advance, around the uplifting themes of our civic religion: reconciliation, patriotism, self-sacrifice, the bond of leader and little guy, "nostalgia" for what is inevitably called "a simpler time."

   - Katha Pollitt,{it}Nation{/it},22 May 1995

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Culture

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Nostalgia is a common theme in literature, music, and art. It is often associated with longing for the past, particularly childhood, and can evoke feelings of happiness, sadness, or bittersweet nostalgia.

How to Memorize "nostalgia"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a photo album filled with memories from your past.
   - Visualize a warm, cozy fireplace and the feeling of being at home.
   - Picture yourself holding a favorite childhood toy.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'nostalgia' with the feeling of longing for the past.
   - Think of the smell of your grandmother's kitchen as an association with nostalgia.
   - Connect the word with the sound of an old record player.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A to remember the definition: 'N' for Nostos (homecoming), 'O' for algos (pain or grief), 'S' for sentimental, 'T' for longing, 'A' for affection, 'L' for past, 'G' for grief or pain, and 'I' for idealization.

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