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gen·re (zhäńrə)

[French, from Old French, kind, from Latin genus, gener-.]

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.