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genre definition

genre (z̸hän′rə)

noun

  1. a kind, or type, as of works of literature, art, etc.
  2. genre painting

Etymology: 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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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