tropicalist
English
Adjective
tropicalist (comparative more tropicalist, superlative most tropicalist)
- Of, or characteristic of tropicalism.
- 2014, Christopher Dunn, Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture
- 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.
- 2014, Christopher Dunn, Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture
Noun
tropicalist (plural tropicalists)
- A follower or proponent of tropicalism.
- 2012, Carlos Almada, Flavio Henrique Medeiros, Brazilian Electric Guitar
- 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.
- 2012, Carlos Almada, Flavio Henrique Medeiros, Brazilian Electric Guitar
Etymology 2
tropical + -ist
Noun
tropicalist (plural tropicalists)
- A scientist specializing in studying of tropical environments.
- 1994, edited by Peter McDonald, The Literature of Soil Science
- Most tropicalists, (scientists from developed countries working on tropical environments) come from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- 1994, edited by Peter McDonald, The Literature of Soil Science