subgenre
subgenre noun: one of several categories within a particular genre.
Noun
subgenre (plural subgenres)
- One of several categories within a particular genre.
- You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre.2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017
- Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes.2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN
Examples of subgenre in a sentence
- In Melville’s era, the “L’Envoi” was considered a distinct poetic subgenre.
- Do you know about the subgenre of Tegan and Sara fan fiction called quincest?
- "Snarry is part of a subgenre of fan fiction called Slash," she says.
Forms of subgenre
| plural | subgenres |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sub-genre |
Origin of subgenre
From sub- + genre.
Questions about subgenre
- What does subgenre mean?
- Subgenre means one of several categories within a particular genre.
- What part of speech is subgenre?
- Subgenre is a noun.
- What is the plural of subgenre?
- The plural of subgenre is subgenres.
Words near subgenre in the dictionary
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