Tropicalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement. uncountable

    "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?"

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"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?"

Etymology

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

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