nostalgist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nostalgist
First recorded in 1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist
Example Sentences
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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the most depressing kind of architectural space is that one that is slightly and tentatively rather than resoundingly out of date.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
The Biennial event that might soothe the college nostalgist in you is an immersion in the faculty and alumni of the Yale School of Music on May 25 at the Greene Space in Lower Manhattan.
From New York Times • May 19, 2016
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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