genre fiction
genre fiction noun: fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre (such as mystery, romance, or horror) with an existing audience.
Noun
genre fiction (usually uncountable, plural genre fictions)
- Fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre (such as mystery, romance, or horror) with an existing audience.
- Genre fiction encourages a focus on one aspect at the expense of others. This can produce an obsessive, powerful work. But a literary novel has, somewhere, to open out into the universal.2014 April 22, Anita Mason, “Genre fiction radiates from a literary centre”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- popular fiction
Synonyms of genre fiction
- popular fiction
Antonyms
Forms of genre fiction
| plural | genre fictions |
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Questions about genre fiction
- What does genre fiction mean?
- Genre fiction means fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre (such as mystery, romance, or horror) with an existing audience.
- What part of speech is genre fiction?
- Genre fiction is a noun.
- What is the plural of genre fiction?
- The plural of genre fiction is genre fictions.
Words near genre fiction in the dictionary
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