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genre
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genre
n.
type, style, kind, category
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Genre
Genre (, or ; from French genre , "kind" or "sort", from Latin genus (stem gener-), Greek γένος, gés) is any category of literature, music or other forms of art or entertainment, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres form by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones is discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.
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genre
Noun
1. a kind of literary or artistic work
(hypernym) kind, sort, form, variety
2. a style of expressing yourself in writing
(synonym) writing style, literary genre
(hypernym) expressive style, style
(hyponym) drama
3. an expressive style of music
(synonym) music genre, musical genre, musical style
(hypernym) expressive style, style
(hyponym) black music, African-American music
(class) crossover
4. a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
(hypernym) art, fine art
(hyponym) abstractionism, abstract art
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Genre (das)
n.
genre, type, style, kind, category
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genre
nm.
kind, sort, type, genre; nature, form; style, class, description; gender; manner, strain
