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the most depressing kind of architectural space is that one that is slightly and tentatively rather than resoundingly out of date.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
In some ways it’s appropriate that Mr. Valdés would honor his former band by bulking up his current one; he’s an artist concerned with historical traditions, but he isn’t by nature a nostalgist.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2015
He was in full-retro mode, but he was no nostalgist.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2015
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