genre
Definitions of genre
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a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or techniquetypes:chinoiseriea style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patternedvolkskunstgenre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a societymodernismegenre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genresbewegingskunsta style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolvetype of:kunst, kunstproduct, kunstprodukt, kunstuiting, kunstwerkthe products of human creativity; works of art collectively
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a particular kind (as to appearance)synonyms: model, stijl, verhaaltrant, verteltrant, vormgevingtype of:soorta category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
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