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gen·re  audio  (zhänr) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. A type or class: "Emaciated famine victims ... on television focused a new genre of attention on the continent" (Helen Kitchen).
    1. 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).
    2. A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, kind, from Latin genus , gener-; see gen- in Indo-European roots


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