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metagenre

metagenre noun: a genre made up of other genres.

Noun

metagenre (plural metagenres)

  1. A genre made up of other genres.
    • While it can be considered a metagenre, world music is really more of a marketing category.2016, Roy Shuker, Understanding Popular Music Culture, page 123

Forms of metagenre

pluralmetagenres

Origin of metagenre

From meta- + genre.

Questions about metagenre

What does metagenre mean?
Metagenre means a genre made up of other genres.
What part of speech is metagenre?
Metagenre is a noun.
What is the plural of metagenre?
The plural of metagenre is metagenres.

Words near metagenre in the dictionary

  1. metagenome
  2. metagenomes
  3. metagenomic
  4. metagenomically
  5. metagenomics
  6. metagenre
  7. metagenres
  8. metageometer
  9. metageometers
  10. metageometric
  11. metageometrical

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