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Definition of genre

A category for grouping or describing multimedia or games, such as music categorized as classical’ or ‘jazz’.’

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Other definitions of genre

In Windows Media Technologies, the type of music, such as rock or classical.

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Type of music. Examples of genre are - Pop, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Hip hop, etc.

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originally a French word meaning "kind", "sort" or "type"; refers to a class or type of film (i.e., westerns, sci-fi, etc.) that shares common, predictable or distinctive artistic and thematic elements or iconography (e.g., bad guys in Westerns wear black hats), narrative content, plot, and subject matter, mood and milieu (or setting) or characters. Film genres are distinct from film styles (a recognizable group of conventions used by filmmakers to add visual appeal, meaning, or depth to their work) that can be applied to any genre; also see hybrid;anti-genre films present an apparent genre stereotype and then subvert or challenge it - see revisionistic films

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