Tropicalia
/ˌtrɒpɪˈkɑːlɪə/ /ˌtrɒpɪˈkeɪlɪə/(also Tropicália)
noun
An artistic and cultural movement that arose in Brazil in the late 1960s, characterized by the fusion of traditional Brazilian culture with foreign influences; specifically: the style of popular music associated with this movement; = tropicalismo.
- The movement was associated with the counterculture which emerged in Brazil in the late 1960s as a reaction against the policies of the military government.As a musical genre, Tropicalia combines Brazilian music styles, such as samba and bossa nova, with elements of rock, jazz, psychedelia, electronic music, etc..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Times. From Brazilian Portuguese Tropicália, apparently from tropical + -ia.
- secretiveness
- secret list
- secretly
- secret men's business
- secretor
- secretory
- secret police
- secret sacred
- Secret Santa
- secret sauce
- secret service
- secret shopper
- secret society
- secret women's business
- sect
- sect.
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- sectarianize
- sectary
- section
- sectionable
- sectional
- sectionalise
- sectionalism