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tropicalism

tropicalism noun: anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.

Noun

tropicalism (uncountable)

  1. Anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.
    • Or is it possible that tropicalism is not a geographical zone, but rather a zone of the spirit, the zone of highest passion, the immense homeland of zealots?1993, Gabriela Mistral, Marjorie Agosin, A Gabriela Mistral

Origin of tropicalism

From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalismo with substitution of -ism. By surface analysis, tropical + -ism.

Questions about tropicalism

What does tropicalism mean?
Tropicalism means anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.
What part of speech is tropicalism?
Tropicalism is a noun.

Words near tropicalism in the dictionary

  1. tropicalisation
  2. tropicalise
  3. tropicalised
  4. tropicalises
  5. tropicalising
  6. tropicalism
  7. tropicalist
  8. tropicalista
  9. tropicalistas
  10. tropicalists
  11. tropicality

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