genre
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rə; noun
1.
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
2.
Fine Arts.
a.
paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter.
b.
a realistic style of painting using such subject matter.
3.
genus; kind; sort; style.
adjective
4.
Fine Arts. of or pertaining to genre.
5.
of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work |
| b. (as modifier): genre fiction | |
| 2. | a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted |
| [C19: from French, from Old French gendre; see | |
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Word Origin & History
genre
1770, from Fr. genre "kind, sort, style," from O.Fr. (see gender). Used especially in Fr. for "independent style," as compared to "landscape, historical," etc.
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Example sentences
If not then perhaps another genre of game may be what your looking for.
Industry executives say the genre may need to be tweaked significantly to attract mainstream players.
Famous people dabbling in this lucrative genre is a centuries-old practice.
We watch it for the heightened wit and drama of scripted speech, or the hilarious awfulness of the reality genre.
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