genre
Style of work
Genre is a category or type, especially of artistic or literary work.
Films divide into genres like comedy, horror, and romance.
Music has genres from jazz to hip-hop.
The word applies beyond arts: a new genre of political commentary, the true-crime genre.
Genre fiction—mystery, romance, science fiction—is sometimes contrasted with literary fiction.
Process of doing
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- documentaryFactual film about reality
animation · western · noir · musical · thriller · rom-com · sci-fi · biopic
New and unusual
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- romanceLove and its excitement
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
horror · science-fiction · western · dystopian · crime · historical · steampunk · paranormal
A class of things
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- typeCategory sharing traits
- subgenreSubset of a category
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
trope · canon · archetype · formula · crossover · hybrid · fusion · pastiche
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- operettaComic musical theater piece
musical · pantomime · burlesque · vaudeville · kabuki · melodrama · tragicomedy · masque
Narrative poem or song
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- hymnReligious song of praise
- lullabySoothing song for babies
- anthemOfficial song of praise
spiritual · shanty · madrigal · cantata · serenade · ode · chorale · chanson
Style prioritizing perception
- realismAccepting things as they are
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
modernism · abstract · baroque · renaissance · romanticism · minimalism · pointillism · dadaism
action
Process of doing
documentary · animation · western · noir · musical · thriller · rom-com · sci-fi · biopic · mockumentary
novel
New and unusual
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- romanceLove and its excitement
fantasy · horror · science-fiction · western · dystopian · crime · historical · steampunk · paranormal · detective
category
A class of things
convention · trope · canon · archetype · formula · crossover · hybrid · fusion · pastiche · homage
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
operetta · musical · pantomime · burlesque · vaudeville · kabuki · melodrama · tragicomedy · masque · revue
ballad
Narrative poem or song
anthem · spiritual · shanty · madrigal · cantata · serenade · ode · chorale · chanson · calypso
impressionism
Style prioritizing perception
- realismAccepting things as they are
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
expressionism · modernism · abstract · baroque · renaissance · romanticism · minimalism · pointillism · dadaism · neoclassicism
pop
Fizzy drink, regionally
hip-hop · electronic · country · blues · folk · reggae · metal · punk · soul · R&B
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- literary elementsplot, character, setting, theme, narrator
- Novel Writingnovelist, storyteller, fiction writer, book author, prose writer
genrejumble
Confused disorderly collection
miscellany · hodgepodge · uncategorized · unclassified · mishmash
genregenre-defying
Resisting standard classification
unclassifiable · sui generis · genre-bending · experimental · avant-garde
- gender expressionOutward manifestation of identity
- thriller genreFiction built on tension
- gender disparityUnequal outcomes between sexes
- generally speakingIn most instances
- gender biasesPrejudices based on sex
- generic brand
gender, generic, generally, genus, generality, generalize, generalized, generalization, generalist