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the most depressing kind of architectural space is that one that is slightly and tentatively rather than resoundingly out of date.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
He was in full-retro mode, but he was no nostalgist.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2015
Wistfulness for the way things were in New York before pedestrian plazas and Pinkberrys and hedge funds has become a thriving posture but Mr. Price isn’t so much a nostalgist as he is a fatalist.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2014
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