retrophilia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]retrophilia (uncountable)
- The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past.
- 2010 November 21, Kevin Alexander, “The secret to selling cool”, in Boston Globe:
- At the same time, a wave of retrophilia started to crest. Clothing companies like Homage (which reproduces vintage-esque T's celebrating sports and pop culture from the '70s through the '90s) came up with unique ways to commercialize the interest in yesteryear.
Quotations
[edit]- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:retrophilia.