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Definitions of nostalgia in various dictionaries:
noun - longing for something past
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
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From the Greek nostos, "A return home", & algos, "pain", it's the pain you experience when remembering |
Partly from the Greek algos, "pain", it was first noted in 1688 in Swiss soldiers fighting far from home |
It's a wistful desire to return in thought to a former time in one's life |
"Sentimental longing for or regretful memory of a period in the past" |
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a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. |
longing for something past |
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. |
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past. |
The condition of being homesick homesickness. |
a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: |
a feeling of pleasure and sometimes slight sadness at the same time as you think about things that happened in the past: |
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Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word nostalgia is learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of (nóstos), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, and (álgos), meaning "pain" or "ache", and was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss mercenaries fighting away from home. Described as a medical conditiona form of melancholyin the Early Modern period, it became an important trope in Romanticism.Nostalgia is associated with a yearning for the past, its personalities, and events, especially the "good old days" or a "warm childhood".The scientific literature on nostalgia usually refers to nostalgia regarding the personal life and has mainly studied the effects of nostalgia induced during the studies. Smell and touch are strong evokers of nostalgia due to the processing of these stimuli first passing through the amygdala, the emotional seat of the brain. These |