NOSTALGIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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