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genre-savvy

genre-savvy adjective: aware of the elements that are typically found in a particular genre; able to recognize and/or predict the tropes that come into play.

Adjective

genre-savvy (comparative more genre-savvy, superlative most genre-savvy)

  1. aware of the elements that are typically found in a particular genre; able to recognize and/or predict the tropes that come into play

Forms of genre-savvy

comparativemore genre-savvy
superlativemost genre-savvy
alternative formgenre savvy

Questions about genre-savvy

What does genre-savvy mean?
Genre-savvy means aware of the elements that are typically found in a particular genre; able to recognize and/or predict the tropes that come into play.
What part of speech is genre-savvy?
Genre-savvy is an adjective.

Words near genre-savvy in the dictionary

  1. genre films
  2. genre studies
  3. genre-bender
  4. genre-bending
  5. genre-busting
  6. genre-savvy
  7. genred
  8. genrefication
  9. genrefied
  10. genrefies
  11. genrefy

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