nostalgist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nostalgist
First recorded in 1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist
Example Sentences
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At times, Lipa sounds like she’s doing devoted analysis of the club-pop of the early 1990s, not a nostalgist so much as a historical re-enactor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
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the most depressing kind of architectural space is that one that is slightly and tentatively rather than resoundingly out of date.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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