Tropicalist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A follower or proponent of tropicalism.
"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."
- 2 A scientist specializing in studying of tropical environments.
"Most tropicalists, (scientists from developed countries working on tropical environments) come from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany."
- 1 Of, or characteristic of tropicalism.
"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."
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista with substitution of -ist. By surface analysis, tropical + -ist. Piecewise doublet of tropicalista.
From tropical + -ist. Piecewise doublet of tropicalista.
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