nostalgist

[ no-stal-jist, nuh- ]

noun

1. a person who collects or buys and sells items preserved from an earlier era.

nostalgist

/ nɒˈstældʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who indulges in nostalgia

Word History and Origins

Origin of nostalgist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist

Example Sentences

Multipart music documentaries come at us these days with the insistence and abundance of the old K-tel collections, scrambling to satisfy the cravings of every variety of pop nostalgist.

From New York Times

Blondshell, “Joiner” “You’ve been running around L.A. with trash / Sleeping in bars with a gun in your bag,” sings Sabrina Teitelbaum, a ’90s-rock nostalgist not so sure about the good old days.

From Los Angeles Times

Reflecting Berlusconi’s pique, nearly all of his senators refused to vote for Meloni’s pick for Senate president, Ignazio La Russa, a long-time fascist nostalgist who helped Meloni, now 45, establish Brothers of Italy in 2012 as she forged her far-right political ascent.

From Seattle Times

The space that remains, though, has been handled with all the sensitivity any urban nostalgist could ask for.

From New York Times

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