Definition of genre. Meaning of genre. Synonyms of genre

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Definition of genre

Genre
Genre Gen"re, n. Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature. French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born. --Saintsbury. A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the different forms or categories of literature. --W. P. Trent.

Meaning of genre from wikipedia

- genre (icon , ˈ , ʒ , ɒ , n , r , ə or ˈ , dʒ , ɒ , n , r , ə; from french, genre ʒɑ̃ʁ, 'kind' or 'sort', from latin: genus (stem gener-),
- rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as 'rock and roll ' in 1950s america and developed into a range of different
- pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of 'popular') is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern
- genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic
- punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the united states , united kingdom , and australia .
- a music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions it is to
- the western is a genre of various arts, such as film , television , radio , literature , painting and others. westerns are devoted to
- reality television (also known as reality shows) is a television program ming genre that presents unscripted situations, documents actual
- and in the 1980s it developed a number of sub-genres, often termed extreme metal , some of which were influenced by hardcore punk , and
- music can be divided into genre s and subgenre s, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle,