tropicalism

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noun

Anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.

OriginBrazilian Portuguese tropicalismo →
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Meanings

nountropicalism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAnything 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

  1. Brazilian Portuguesetropicalismo
  2. Englishtropicalism

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

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APA

tropicalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropicalism

MLA

“tropicalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropicalism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tropicalism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropicalism.

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