Anemoia

Nostalgia For A Time You’ve Never Known

I get anemoia when listening to certain songs for the first time.

I feel anemoiac when I see pictures of my brother in high school .

by Seth Louis August 1, 2016

Anemoia

Feeling of nostalgia for things you never experienced.

I get Anemoia when listening to nostalgic songs

I get Anemoia when imagining living in older times

by woodendoors7 May 20, 2020

Anemoia

Nostalgia from a time that you have never known.

"The Anemoia of the forgotten Ferris wheel arouses something inside of me that I've never felt before. I haven't been here, but for some reason, it makes me feel nostalgic..."

by Emmet Carson April 6, 2021

anemoia

Nostalgia for something that you have never experienced in your life.

Watching old videos of SVR2008 makes me feel anemoia.

by BlitzRain April 13, 2023

Anemoia

A nostalgia for a time or place one has never known.

"Gazing up at the timbered walls of the abandoned cabin soon to be my home, I felt an overwhelming anemoia overtake my senses. Even never having seen this structure in my 25 years of life, I felt a powerful nostalgia tethered to it."

by Gold3nDreams November 15, 2023

anemoia

(1) A nostalgic sensation one feels for a time one didn't exist in.
For instance, you could be a 15 year-old girl born in 2010, and you may find 01/01/2000 nostalgic.

--- example ---

𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 : "Papa, how were the 80s like?"
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 : "Ah, it was wonderful. The paychecks were viable, the ladies had good taste in fashion, and society in general was splendid! But how come did you ask?"
𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 : "Papa, I miss the 80s."
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 : "Wait, you have anemoia?"
𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 : "What does that mean, papa?"
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 : "One day you'll know what it means..."

by Tyrone-Diesel October 13, 2025