Subgenre
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subgenre is a noun meaning One of several categories within a particular genre.
Meaning
One of several categories within a particular genre.
Example Sentences
Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes.
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.
Word Forms
- subgenres
- sub-genre
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include supergenre, metagenre, macrogenre, genus, subspecies, genosubtype.
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