tropicalist

adj

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from tropicalista

Definitions

  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.
  2. A follower or proponent of tropicalism.

  3. 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.

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