Meanings
verbnostalgize (third-person singular simple present nostalgizes, present participle nostalgizing, simple past and past participle nostalgized)
present singular third person nostalgizes · participle present nostalgizing · participle past nostalgized · past nostalgized
- transitiveTo treat nostalgically.
- intransitiveTo revel in nostalgia.
Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.
2007 September 10, Melena Ryzik, “The Last Night of Misshapes: Hip, Post-New-Wave and Through”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Finnish nostalgisoida
- nostalgisoidato revel in nostalgia
Spanish nostalgizar
- nostalgizarto revel in nostalgia
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APA
nostalgize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostalgize
MLA
“nostalgize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostalgize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nostalgize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostalgize.
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