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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Genre \Gen"re\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Genre \Genre\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See {Gender}.] (Fine Arts) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: genre n 1: a kind of literary or artistic work 2: a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: {writing style}, {literary genre}] 3: a class of artistic endeavor having a characteristic form or technique
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