nostalgistn.
/nɒˈstaldʒɪst/, U.S. /nəˈstældʒɪst/, /nɔsˈtældʒɪst/, /nɑsˈtældʒɪst/ A professedly or habitually nostalgic person; a person who attempts to recreate or sentimentally recollects the past.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > one who looks back > with nostalgia
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1940 R. Burlingame Engines of Democracy ii. xi. 239 There was enough of the old magic in it to tickle the nostalgists and enough of the new science to stir the advanced thinkers.
1962 Economist 1 Sept. 743/1 The railways are attracting nostalgists whom speed cannot compensate for the lack of steam.
1977 N.Y. Times Mag. 16 Oct. 130/4 This is the Algonquin [Hotel] of history, of legend, of the Round Table, and for die-hard nostalgists thus it shall ever remain.
1988 Daily Tel. 30 May 16 The ‘nostalgiasts’ are on the march, their banner proudly borne by the Prince of Wales, scourge of the mindless modernists.
2001 C. Bernard Turning on Girls 5 The matriarchal period of human history, herstory, whatever..is generally described by nostalgists as being really very nice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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