genre (redirected from Genres)

gen·re  (zhänr)

n.

1. A type or class: "Emaciated famine victims ... on television focused a new genre of attention on the continent" (Helen Kitchen).

2.

a. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content: "his six String Quartets ... the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's" (Time).

b. A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.

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[French, from Old French, kind, from Latin genus, gener-; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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genre [zhahn-ra]

Noun

1. a kind or type of literary, musical, or artistic work: the mystery and supernatural genres

2. a kind of painting depicting incidents from everyday life [French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	genre - a kind of literary or artistic work kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
	2.	genre - a style of expressing yourself in writing literary genre, writing style drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" form - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form" poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
	3.	genre - an expressive style of music         music genre, musical genre, musical style music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses classical, classical music, serious music - traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste crossover - the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album" church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies marching music, march - genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches" popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
	4.	genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique abstract art, abstractionism - an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" chinoiserie - a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned folk art - genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society genre painting - a genre depicting everyday life landscape painting, landscape - a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery magic realism - a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams modernism - genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres naive art, outsider art, primitive art, self-taught art, vernacular art - a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists pointillism - a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France postmodernism - genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism primitivism - a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children synthetism - a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas

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genre

noun 1. type, group, school, form, order, sort, kind, class, style, character, fashion, brand, species, category, stamp, classification, genus, subdivision