Etymology

tropicalism

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Today it means: Anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese tropicalismo
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  1. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromtropicalismo
  2. English todaytropicalism

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

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