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What does homesickness mean?

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Noun
  1. The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
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Though there are campers who never overcome homesickness at a residential camp, the vast majority of campers do.
She was suddenly assailed by a stomach churning feeling of homesickness, a longing for something familiar.
To say I'm suffering from a combination of culture shock and stomach churning homesickness would be understating it.
It is natural to experience feelings of homesickness, awkwardness, or sadness in a new place.
I will feel a pang of homesickness when I think of them all around the dinner table together.
Everyone should come down here for a summer holiday to help me ease the homesickness.

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