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1. A kind of literary or artistic work
    
2. A style of expressing yourself in writing
   - writing style, literary genre
    
3. An expressive style of music
   - music genre, musical genre, musical style
    
4. A class of art (or artistic endeavour) having a characteristic form or technique

Derived forms: genres

Type of: art, expressive style, fine art, form, kind, music [archaic], sort, style, variety

Encyclopedia: Genre