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genres

NOUN

type, class

Synonyms

WEAK

brand category character classification fashion group kind school sort species style

NOUN

type

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brand category character fashion kind style

STRONG

class classification genus group school sort species

Example Sentences

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Dance music has a rich history in the UK, with disco, acid house and techno among the genres which drew crowds to dancefloors in the 1970s and 1980s.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Glass has written a significant quantity of pure music for a vast range of instrumental forces from multiple genres and cultures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Served with rice and warm bread for dragging through the sauce, it landed somewhere between curry, stew and strategic fridge clean-out — which, honestly, is one of my favorite genres of cooking.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Founded in 1948 as an academic publishing house, UQP publishes books across different genres including fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall