A longing for things to be the way they were in the past is called “nostalgia”.
Example: “In these days of instant messaging and cell phones, I find I’m prone to a bit of nostalgia for the written letters and postcards we used to send instead.”
A longing for things to be the way they were in the past is called “nostalgia”.
Example: “In these days of instant messaging and cell phones, I find I’m prone to a bit of nostalgia for the written letters and postcards we used to send instead.”