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- Dictionarygenre/ˈʒɒ̃rə/
noun
- 1. a style or category of art, music, or literature: "the spy thriller is a very masculine genre"
- 2. denoting or relating to a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, typically domestic situations, associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists: "genre scenes"
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GENRE definition: 1. a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics: 2. produced…. Learn more.
The meaning of GENRE is a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content. How to use genre in a sentence. Did you know?
A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. Genre should not be confused with age category, by which literature may be classified as either adult, young adult, or children's.
A genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing. Your favorite literary genre might be science fiction, and your favorite film genre might be horror flicks about cheerleaders. Go figure. In music, genre refers to musical style such as jazz, salsa or rock.
Genre definition: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. See examples of GENRE used in a sentence.
a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics: What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy? a literary / musical / film genre. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Categories and varieties. bad/big boy idiom. breed. categorical. category. classification. derivative. form. hue. mark.
noun. /ˈʒɒ̃rə/, /ˈʒɒnrə/ /ˈʒɑːnrə/ (formal) a particular type or style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features. literary/musical genres. the horror/action/fantasy genre. Crime fiction is a genre which seems likely to stay with us for many years. genre fiction. Wordfinder. Extra Examples.
A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
A type or class. Designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science fiction, mystery, western, etc. Designating or of a kind of painting in which subjects or scenes from everyday life are treated realistically.
1. a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. 2. painting in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter. 3. kind; sort; style. adj. 4. of or pertaining to genre. [1760–70; < French: kind, sort]
