Brucker Bears 4-5: nostalgia

Friday, May 31, 2013

nostalgia

(n) - Nostalgia is 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.

Synonyms: fond memories, reminiscence, yearning, sentimentality
Antonyms: regret, sorrow
Etymology: 1668 Greek, from the word algos meaning "pain, grief, distress" + nostos meaning "homecoming," which originally comes from the PIE root *nes- meaning "to return safely home"
Morphology: nostalgic - adj
Example: When I look back on our blog, I get a sense of nostalgia for all of the fun projects and activities we have done.

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