tropicalization

noun

trop·​i·​cal·​iza·​tion

variants also British tropicalisation

ˌträpə̇kələ̇ˈzāshən

plural -s

1

: the quality or state of being tropicalized

2

: an act of tropicalizing

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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