nostalgia.

An affectionate, often bittersweet longing for an earlier time or place.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• sense of nostalgia
• nostalgia for home

On the page

The old room stirred nostalgia.

Her nostalgia for home colored every letter.

The essay questioned the nostalgia surrounding the decade.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually mass noun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.