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 quotes

  • (..) DOC: Grab her feet. Okay, now what? In exactly two minutes, you go around the corner into the Cafe 's. MARTY: Cafe 's? DOC: It's one of those nostalgia places, but not done well. Go in and order a Pepsi. Here's $. Wait for a guy named Griff. Right. Griff. Griff's going to ask about tonight. (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II