nostalgia

Definition

  • noun: pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again
  • noun: the state of being homesick
  • synonyms: homesickness, heimweh, aching

Examples

  • A wave of 'nostalgia' swept over me when I saw my childhood home.

  • He was filled with 'nostalgia' for his college days.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - And the rain was an acid rain. Oh, I see! And no global warming, no TV and suicide bombing, and nuclear weapons, drug cartels! Usual menu of clichéd horror stories. You know, nostalgia is denial. - Denial of the painful present. - Oh, whoa! Gil is a complete romantic. I mean, he would be (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) - I don't like to discuss my work. Well, dear, you don't have to tell them the whole plot, just the character. - No, no, no. - Okay. He works in a nostalgia shop. - What's a-- What's a nostalgia shop? - Oh, not one of those stores where they sell Shirley Temple dolls and old radios? - Exactly. (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris