Retromania

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    enthusiasm for retro styles uncountable

    "Yet they too offer a welcome alternative to the plainer, more severe Modern pieces we have become accustomed to; and they avoid both mindless retromania and forced obscure references to past architectural styles."

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"Yet they too offer a welcome alternative to the plainer, more severe Modern pieces we have become accustomed to; and they avoid both mindless retromania and forced obscure references to past architectural styles."

Etymology

From retro + -mania.

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