subgenre
noun
sub·genre ˈsəb-ˌzhän-rə 
-ˌzhäⁿ-;
-ˌzhäⁿr;
-ˌjän-rə
variants or less commonly sub-genre
plural subgenres also sub-genres
: a genre that is part of a larger genre
The series is part of the booming "urban fantasy" subgenre, which features supernatural creatures interacting with ordinary humans in a contemporary city.
Jennifer Schuessler
Jennifer Schuessler
Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
- unalive
- unallayed
- unalleviated
- unallied
- unallocated
- unallowable
- unallowed
- unalloyed
- unalluring
- unalterabilities
- unalterability
- unalterable
- unalterableness
- unalterablenesses
- unalterably
- unaltered
- unamalgamated
- unamazed
- unambiguities
- unambiguity
- unambiguityes
- unambiguitys
- unambiguous
- unambiguously
- unambition