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• n  a kind of literary or artistic work
• n  a style of expressing yourself in writing
• n  an expressive style of music
• n  a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

• We were not prepared for the genre of music that was being played at the function but we enjoyed it all the same.
• A 2003 study by yfm found that kwaito rivals gospel as South Africa's most popular musical genre; 30% of all hit records over the past five years have been kwaito.
• They deride the emos for being posers who are overly sentimental and accuse them of robbing from other music genres.

• writing style
• literary genre
• music genre
• musical genre
• musical style

News & Articles

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• Review: 'Man of Steel'
  Being Superman isn't as simple as it once was. Seventy-five years ago, when the Kryptonian caped--crusader first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1, hoisting a car over his head, he not only stood for truth, justice, and the American way, he also had a virtual monopoly on the men-in-tights genre. Lately, though, that field has gotten awfully crowded. The local multiplex is lousy with ...
  June 16, 2013 - CNN
• Review: "Man of Steel" is joyless
  Being Superman isn't as simple as it once was. Seventy-five years ago, when the Kryptonian caped--crusader first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1, hoisting a car over his head, he not only stood for truth, justice, and the American way, he also had a virtual monopoly on the men-in-tights genre. Lately, though, that field has gotten awfully crowded. The local multiplex is lousy with ...
  June 16, 2013 - CNN
• Indie rock band Parquet Courts brings jangly, propulsive fun back to genre
  The loose, lanky tease of '90s indie music has largely been stripped from the genre since its heyday, replaced by painfully twee folk-pop and nebulous psychedelic experiments heralded by crushing volume.
  June 14, 2013 - Boulder Daily Camera

Quotes

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• Dani Levy in International Herald Tribune
  I had the feeling that I must do it with another genre, do it by being able to exaggerate through comedy,Levy said in an interview.
• Alicia Keys in Washington Post
  My comments about `gangsta rap' were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music,Keys said in a statement issued by J Records. "The point that I was trying to make was that the term...
• Christian Bale in Newsweek
  There are no prospects for that,Bale said shortly before "The Dark Knight" came out in July. "It's the genre thing again, but hey, look, I'm very happy with what I did and what I set out to do. But it's not award-worthy. It's not the kind...