A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
[formal]
...his love of films and novels in the horror genre.
Synonyms: type, group, school, form More Synonyms of genre
genre in British English
(ˈʒɑːnrə, ˈʒɒnrə)
noun
1.
a.
kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work
b.
(as modifier)
genre fiction
2.
a.
a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
b.
(as modifier)
genre painting
Word origin
C19: from French, from Old French gendre; see gender
genre in American English
(ˈʒɑnrə)
noun
1.
a kind, or type, as of works of literature, art, etc.
2.
genre painting
adjective
3.
designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science fiction, mystery, etc.
Word origin
Fr < L genus (gen. generis): see genus
COBUILD Collocations
genre
define a genre
horror genre
literary genre
thriller genre
Examples of 'genre' in a sentence
genre
The last explores spy fiction, a genre that more than any other reflects the politics of the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Or, at the very least, a new movie genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are also one of the earliest genres of literature.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He made a massive contribution to the horror genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some literary writers have patronising attitudes to genre fiction.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are few literary genres he did not explore with a view to explaining himself better.
Wood, David Philosophy at the Limit (1990)
These are not obscure music genres to be embraced only by the snobby few.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They also choose the dullest pastime and the most regrettable musical genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For one film genre this will be very serious news indeed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the paucity of fresh ideas in the horror genre is now a genuine issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is no need to mix the two genres of music.
The Sun (2010)
She took the crime genre into new and really interesting directions.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He hopes it may establish hip hop as a genre for musical theatre.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Fans of the superhero genre and the film should enjoy it.
The Sun (2008)
Together the three embrace the bundle of forms and genres on which the term book confers a spurious uniformity.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
For writers who aspired to storytelling, genre fiction was the natural home.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That's my kind of literary genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Familiar properties of the horror genre aren't spurned.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A good letter is a golden link and an ancient genre of literature.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In part, genre painting pleases us because of what we find out about the world of the painting.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One way of injecting that element would be for the judges to look more closely and favourably at genre fiction as well as literary fiction.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In fact, this show is just as much about the growth of the social habit of taking tea as it is about genre painting.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Despite honourable exceptions, the ubiquitous dramatised biography has probably been the most accident-prone arts genre.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The same cannot be said of America, where a whole genre of literature features dogs and cats playing central roles in solving crimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
genre
British English: genre NOUN
A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
...his love of films and novels in the horror genre.
American English: genre
Brazilian Portuguese: gênero
Chinese: > 体裁文学、绘画、音乐、电影等艺术作品的
European Spanish: género
French: genre
German: Genre
Italian: genere
Japanese: ジャンル
Korean: 장르
European Portuguese: género
Latin American Spanish: género
All related terms of 'genre'
genre-busting
not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
genre fiction
Fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.
horror genre
A genre is a particular type of literature , painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
genre painting
a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
literary genre
A genre is a particular type of literature , painting , music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
thriller genre
A genre is a particular type of literature , painting , music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
define a genre
A genre is a particular type of literature , painting , music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
(noun)
Definition
a kind or type of literary, musical, or artistic work
his love of films and novels in the horror genre
Synonyms
type
There are various types of the disease.
group
The recipes are divided into groups according to their main ingredients.
school
the Chicago school of economists
form
He contracted a rare form of cancer.
order
the order of insects Coleoptera, better known as beetles
sort
What sort of person is he?
kind
They developed a new kind of film-making.
class
a new class of personal computer
style
six scenes in the style of a classical Greek tragedy
character (informal)
What an unpleasant character he is!
fashion
brand
the British brand of socialism
species
There are several thousand species of trees here.
category
The entries were organised into six different categories.
stamp
Monty is a man of a very different stamp.
classification
several different classifications of vehicles
genus
all the species of a particular genus
subdivision
Additional synonyms
in the sense of brand
Definition
a particular kind or variety
the British brand of socialism
Synonyms
type,
make,
sort,
kind,
class,
quality,
variety,
species,
strain,
grade,
cast
in the sense of category
Definition
a class or group of things or people with some quality or qualities in common
The entries were organised into six different categories.
Synonyms
class,
grouping,
heading,
head,
order,
sort,
list,
department,
type,
division,
section,
rank,
grade,
classification,
genre
in the sense of character
What an unpleasant character he is!
Synonyms
person,
sort,
individual,
type,
guy (informal),
fellow (old-fashioned)
Synonyms of 'genre'
genre
Explore 'genre' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of species
Definition
one of the groups into which a genus is divided, the members of which are able to interbreed
There are several thousand species of trees here.
Synonyms
kind,
sort,
type,
group,
class,
variety,
breed,
category,
description,
genus
in the sense of stamp
Definition
type or class
Monty is a man of a very different stamp.
Synonyms
type,
sort,
kind,
form,
cut,
character (informal),
fashion,
cast,
breed,
description
in the sense of style
Definition
a form of appearance, design, or production
six scenes in the style of a classical Greek tragedy