'Genre' definitions:
Definition of 'genre'
(from WordNet)
noun
A kind of literary or artistic work
noun
A style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: writing style, literary genre, genre]
noun
noun
A class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
Definition of 'Genre'
From: GCIDE
- Genre \Gen"re\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See Gender.]
- 1. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Fine Arts) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'genre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic form,
- archetype,
- art form,
- blood,
- brand,
- breed,
- build,
- cast,
- category,
- character,
- clan,
- class,
- color,
- configuration,
- conformation,
- cut,
- denomination,
- description,
- designation,
- fashion,
- feather,
- figuration,
- figure,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- frame,
- genus,
- grain,
- ilk,
- impression,
- inner form,
- kidney,
- kin,
- kind,
- label,
- layout,
- line,
- lines,
- lot,
- make,
- makeup,
- manner,
- mark,
- matrix,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- mold,
- movement,
- nature,
- number,
- pattern,
- pencil,
- persuasion,
- phylum,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- prototype,
- race,
- school,
- set,
- shape,
- significant form,
- sort,
- species,
- stamp,
- strain,
- stripe,
- structure,
- style,
- the grand style,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- tribe,
- turn,
- type,
- variety