genre

The definition of a genre is a category of art, music or literature.

(noun)

An example of genre is rock and roll.

See genre in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: Fr < L genus (gen. generis): see genus

adjective

designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science fiction, mystery, etc.

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noun

A type or class: “Emaciated famine victims … on television focused a new genre of attention on the continent” (Helen Kitchen).
a. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content: “his six String Quartets … the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's” (Time).
b. A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, kind

Origin: , from Latin genus, gener-; see genə- in Indo-European roots

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