Definitions of genres
British English : 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...his love of films and novels in the horror genre.
noun
- kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work (as modifier) ⇒ genre fiction
- kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work
- (as modifier) ⇒ genre fiction
- a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted as modifier ⇒ genre painting
- a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
- as modifier ⇒ genre painting
- kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work
- (as modifier) ⇒ genre fiction
- a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
- as modifier ⇒ genre painting