nostalgist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nostalgist
First recorded in 1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist
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He composed some beautiful ballads, and he was an elegant nostalgist who wrote longingly, though also knowingly, about the mists of time and loss.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
He’s too thoughtful to be a straightforward nostalgist, though.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2020
As any nostalgist knows, the most depressing kind of architectural space is that one that is slightly and tentatively rather than resoundingly out of date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Beck is a nostalgist; his vast Mercury Studios complex is a veritable museum of his collections of old-time radio microphones, manual typewriters, seltzer bottles, clocks and Disney paraphernalia.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2017
Is Abrams a chronic nostalgist, bowing so low to the fan base that his nose is rubbing against the floor?
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 18, 2015
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