DIMENSIONS: FORM / Guide
R E F E R E N C E S
Genre n. 1. genus; kind; sort; style. 2. a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. 3. Fine Arts. a. paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter. b. a realistic style of painting using such subject matter. -adj. 4. Fine Arts. of or pertaining to genre [< F: kind, sort; see gender]
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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