tropicalist

English

Etymology 1

From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista with substitution of -ist.[1] By surface analysis, tropical +‎ -ist. Piecewise doublet of tropicalista.

Adjective

tropicalist (comparative more tropicalist, superlative most tropicalist)

  1. Of, or characteristic of tropicalism.
    • 2014, Christopher Dunn, Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture‎[1]:
      This sort of juxtaposition, which suggested that under-development was inscribed in the process of conservative modernization in Brazil, would become a hallmark of tropicalist cultural production.

Noun

tropicalist (plural tropicalists)

  1. A follower or proponent of tropicalism.
    Synonym: tropicalista
    • 2012, Carlos Almada, Flavio Henrique Medeiros, Brazilian Electric Guitar‎[2]:
      Led by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, the tropicalists made an effort to assimilate rock and roll — at the time the most important kind of musical expression of the young on the planet — and mix it with most authentic Brazilian musical styles.

Etymology 2

From tropical +‎ -ist. Piecewise doublet of tropicalista.

Noun

tropicalist (plural tropicalists)

  1. A scientist specializing in studying of tropical environments.
    • 1994, Peter McDonald, editor, The Literature of Soil Science‎[3]:
      Most tropicalists, (scientists from developed countries working on tropical environments) come from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

References

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