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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.
GENRE meaning: 1. a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics: 2. produced…. Learn more.
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 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.
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.
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.
GENRE definition: a type of art or writing with a particular style: . Learn more.
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]
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.
