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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
Robert Frost

Meaning of "homesickness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMESICKNESS

homesickness  [ˈhəʊmsɪknɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMESICKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homesickness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMESICKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homesickness

Homesickness

Homesickness is the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home. Its cognitive hallmark is preoccupying thoughts of home and attachment objects. Sufferers typically report a combination of depressive and anxious symptoms, withdrawn behavior and difficulty focusing on topics unrelated to home. In its mild form, homesickness prompts the development of coping skills and motivates healthy attachment behaviors, such as renewing contact with loved ones. Indeed, nearly all people miss something about home when they are away, making homesickness a nearly universal experience. However, intense homesickness can be painful and debilitating. Fortunately, prevention and treatment strategies exist for both children and adults. Youth-serving organizations, such as the American Camp Association, have developed a homesickness prevention program. One study showed that this inexpensive intervention can lower the intensity of homesickness of first-year campers by an average 50%.

Definition of homesickness in the English dictionary

The definition of homesickness in the dictionary is unhappiness at being away from home and family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMESICKNESS


airsickness
ˈɛəsɪknɪs
anti-motion-sickness
ˌæntɪˈməʊʃənˈsɪknɪs
blackness
ˈblæknɪs
bleakness
ˈbliːknɪs
chromaticness
krəʊˈmætɪknɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
gallsickness
ˈɡɔːlˌsɪknɪs
graphicness
ˈɡræfɪknɪs
greensickness
ˈɡriːnˌsɪknɪs
likeness
ˈlaɪknɪs
lovesickness
ˈlʌvsɪknɪs
lychnis
ˈlɪknɪs
quickness
ˈkwɪknɪs
seasickness
ˈsiːsɪknɪs
sickness
ˈsɪknɪs
slackness
ˈslæknɪs
slickness
ˈslɪknɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
uniqueness
juːˈniːknɪs
weakness
ˈwiːknɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMESICKNESS

homer
Homerian
Homeric
Homeric laughter
Homerically
homeroom
homeroom teacher
homescreetch
homeshoring
homesick
homesite
homesourcing
homespun
homestand
homestay
homestead
Homestead Act
homestead law
homesteader
homesteading

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMESICKNESS

African sleeping sickness
altitude sickness
blankness
business
dankness
decompression sickness
frankness
Greekness
meekness
morning sickness
motion sickness
mountain sickness
pitch darkness
Prince of Darkness
radiation sickness
semi-darkness
serum sickness
sleekness
sleeping sickness
starkness
travel-sickness

Synonyms and antonyms of homesickness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homesickness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMESICKNESS

Find out the translation of homesickness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homesickness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homesickness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

思乡之情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nostalgia
570 millions of speakers

English

homesickness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homesickness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحنين إلى الوطن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ностальгия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saudade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়ির জন্য মন খারাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nostalgie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

rindu Rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heimweh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホームシック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

향수병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homesickness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lòng nhớ nhà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டுநோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरबांधणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yurt özlemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nostalgia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tęsknota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ностальгія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dorul de casă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νοσταλγία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heimwee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hemlängtan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjemlengsel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homesickness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMESICKNESS»

The term «homesickness» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMESICKNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homesickness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homesickness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homesickness

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6 QUOTES WITH «HOMESICKNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word homesickness.
1
John Cheever
Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.
2
Robert Frost
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
3
E. W. Howe
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
4
F. Sionil Jose
My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
5
Nicole Krauss
When the word 'nostalgia' was coined in the 18th century, it was used to describe a pathology - not so much a sense of lost time, but a severe homesickness.
6
Ruth Pitter
One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMESICKNESS»

Discover the use of homesickness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homesickness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Homesickness, Cognition and Health
Functional cerebral specialisation is a phenomenon of considerable relevance not only to those investigating normal brain function, but also to scientists who study and treat clinical populations.
Shirley Fisher, 1989
2
Homesickness: An American History
Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day.
Susan J. Matt, 2011
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Psychological Aspects of Geographical Moves: Homesickness ...
This book deals with the psychological and health consequences of leaving the familiar home and the process of creating a new one. The focus is mainly on acculturation stress and homesickness, which both are relevant to those who travel.
Miranda van Tilburg, Ad Vingerhoets, 2007
4
Homesickness: A Novel
Thirteen men and women on a package tour find unexpected adventures in their travels around the world
Murray Bail, 1999
5
Homesickness: An American History
Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day.
Susan J. Matt, 2011
6
Narrating Nostalgia: Modern Literary Homesickness in New ...
"Narrating Nostalgia: Modern Literary Homesickness in New York Narratives, 1809-1925," puts nostalgia at the center of the history of American fiction during the rise of urban modernity.
Sean Michael Scanlan, 2008
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The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the ...
A research perspective Homesickness and the student References to homesickness occur in all languages over many countries. In the eighteenth century, medical texts occasionally explained pathology in terms of homesickness. It is, of ...
Adrian Furnham, 2005
8
The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, ...
Do we know what we are letting ourselves in for? b1 Homesickness as the fundamental attunement of philosophizing, and the questions concerning world, flnitude, individuation. Philosophy — an ultimate pronouncement and interlocution on ...
Martin Heidegger, 2001
9
Come On Home: Healing the Homesickness of the Soul
And that is what Matthew 6:33 is all about: “But seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness and everything else will fall into place for you.” This book contains a discussion guide.
James W. Moore, 2012
10
Homesickness: A Novel
The story of a tender, stormy, and sometimes disturbing relationship between a gay man and ten year old girl.
Helen E. Mundler, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMESICKNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homesickness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lydia Ko: New Zealand golfer has a hit and a miss night at ESPY …
At a time when the young Aucklander has just lost her world No 1 ranking, and has admitted to feeling a little homesickness, another accolade ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Could you last a day without your smartphone and its apps? | Irish …
Listening to traffic and dreary weather reports from home ( I live in London) do everything to quell a bout of homesickness. A quick hayfever app ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
3
Ko smiling ahead of Ohio title defence | SBS News
It has boosted 18-year-old Ko's spirits after admitting in a previous interview that she had been suffering from homesickness and a lack of ... «SBS, Jul 15»
4
University of Leeds awards poet Simon Armitage honorary degree …
Mr France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, now in its 48th year, in 1967 as a cure for homesickness after leaving St Kitts and Nevis, ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
Trained in Seattle, a doctor brings new life to his homeland | Crosscut
Homesickness pulls Niyonzima back to Uganda. When he returns, the majority of his time will be spent heading research teams, and bridging ... «Crosscut, Jul 15»
6
These adventurous little girls have spent their whole lives sailing …
They've had bad weather, homesickness, and 'haters' that question their parenting choices. We Are Raising Our Daughters As Sailors While ... «Metro, Jul 15»
7
Missing the Ramzan Fever - The New Indian Express
Her homesickness is not so much as missing her mother, father and their six cats but the raunak of the holy month of Ramzan that the city is ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Bonny Doon and Gardens & Villa Keep the Music Coming
... to the '60s, but the 1860s, where he could try his hand at a cannon — and, surely, pen pining war ballads of heartache and homesickness. «Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 15»
9
The Boy Scouts Are The Next Culture War Casualties - The Federalist
At summer camp, every camper encountered the same type of scoutmaster, the one who worried about poison ivy, homesickness, and the ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
10
Princeton Native Joshua Halpern Has Unique Approach to Climate …
A current focus is on a concept he calls “solastalgia,” which he defines as “the homesickness experienced while one's home disappears.”. «Town Topics, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Homesickness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/homesickness>. Apr 2024 ».
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