tropicalism en · NOUN
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalismo with substitution of -ism. By surface analysis, tropical + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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: