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genre

[zhahn-ruh, zhahn-ruh] / ˈʒɑn rə, ˈʒɑ̃ rə /


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It is especially popular for genres like romance, young adult fiction and "romantasy," often turning older books into sudden bestsellers.

From BBC

The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.

From The Wall Street Journal

A team first-person shooter in the vein of genre classics like "Counter-Strike", "Rainbow Six Siege" is one of Ubisoft's biggest titles, rewarding coordinated tactical play and deft use of destructible environments.

From Barron's

This is how the scores of docuseries and podcasts populating the genre transform actual horror into digestible content.

From Salon

The software then draws from Stewart’s proprietary database of venues, festivals and promoters, filtering options by genre, capacity and geography.

From Los Angeles Times