tropicalism

English

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalismo with substitution of -ism.[1] By surface analysis, tropical +‎ -ism.

Noun

tropicalism (uncountable)

  1. Anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.
    • 1993, Gabriela Mistral, Marjorie Agosin, A Gabriela Mistral‎[1]:
      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?

References

  1. ^ “tropicalism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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