Definition of Genre
Genre
gen·re
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a category or style within an art form, as in literature, music, or film;
e.g. His favorite film genre is action movies.
(noun)
a particular sort, type, or kind of something, as when classifying things;
e.g. He asked me what genre of plan I had in mind.
(noun)
a style of painting depicting events from everyday life, such as scenes of domesticity, characteristic of Dutch and Flemish artists of the 17th century;
e.g. A framed genre painting was hanging on the wall.
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