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   What does nostalgia mean?

   • nostalgia… nostalgia… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! NOSTALGIA definition: 1. a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the…. Learn more.

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   When was the word 'nostalgic' first used?

   • The word 'nostalgic' was first used in the late 1700s. The earliest known use of the word is from 1782, in the writing of T. Arnold. The term 'nostalgic' is formed within English, by derivation. Etymology: nostalgia n., ‑ic suffix.

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   Why is nostalgia important?

   • Making sense of older people's nostalgia for past imagined communities is important - for theory as well as policy. Here there was undoubtedly an element of nostalgia. This is a complex emotional event, but also a giving in to a very literary sort of nostalgia.

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   Is there an element of nostalgia?

   • Here there was undoubtedly an element of nostalgia. This is a complex emotional event, but also a giving in to a very literary sort of nostalgia. The notion of an engagement with a past that abandons a modernist nostalgia for unity can then be extended. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Is nostalgia a rejection of relativism?

   • In surveying modern theories of nostalgia the author points out that most ' ' proceed from and are governed by notions of loss and amnesia. The world constantly renews itself, and when you look at it that way, regret and nostalgia seem equally futile. Within such a context, a total rejection of relativism seems little more than colonial nostalgia.

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   How can we overcome our nostalgia for the past?

   • In short, we need our ambition for the future to overcome our nostalgia for the past: we need confidence. By the turn of the century, gardens had become symbols of longing, nostalgia and a desire to return to simpler times. Nostalgia is an affectionate feeling you have for the past. He might be influenced by nostalgia for his happy youth.

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   a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays. Hearing that song again filled him with nostalgia. a wave (= sudden strong feeling) of nostalgia. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Memory and memories. abiding memory. associative memory.

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   1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time. 2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.

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   NOSTALGIA definition: a feeling of happiness mixed with sadness when you think about things that happened in the past: . Learn more.

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   What does the word nostalgic mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word nostalgic . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.