![]() ![]() There's a mood of nostalgia throughout the whole book.a bittersweet film of nostalgia and innocence.If anything, Teds are remembered with a degree of nostalgia and viewed as something quaint.My nostalgia for a better Britain, for a time that was better for never having existed, had been blown up.Truly I would keel over in spasms of exquisite nostalgia.Home is the something always already lost, and the longing for it we call nostalgia.But nostalgia is not enough to rebuild a country.Morris aimed for a balance of futurism and nostalgia.a nostalgia buff informal (=someone who likes old things ) The restaurant, which still has its 1930s décor, is a favorite with nostalgia buffs. ![]() nostalgia + NOUN a nostalgia trip informal (=a situation or experience that reminds you of events in the past ) Walking around campus was a great nostalgia trip for both of us. a wave of nostalgia (=a strong feeling of nostalgia ) As I drove into the city I felt a wave of nostalgia sweep over me. phrases a feeling/sense of nostalgia Did it give you a sense of nostalgia to see the play on Broadway again? a pang of nostalgia (=a short feeling of nostalgia ) She felt a pang of nostalgia for the time when they were all children. pure nostalgia (=used when talking about good things from the past that are not mixed with things from the present ) It was an evening of pure nostalgia, as the band played hits from the 1940s. adjectives great nostalgia (=a strong feeling of nostalgia ) I read the college newsletter with great nostalgia. have nostalgia The immigrants I spoke to often had an intense nostalgia for their homeland. ![]() a wave of nostalgia for how great life was in the 1960s COLLOCATIONS verbs feel nostalgia He didn't feel any nostalgia for his school days. ○○ noun REMEMBER a feeling that a time in the past was good, or the activity of remembering a good time in the past and wishing that things had not changed nostalgia for nostalgia for the good old days He looked back on his university days with a certain amount of nostalgia.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English nostalgia nos‧tal‧gia / nɒˈstældʒə $ nɑː- / ![]()
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