Usually means: Distinctive category within larger genre.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. subgenre: Merriam-Webster
  2. subgenre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. subgenre: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. subgenre: Collins English Dictionary
  5. subgenre: Wordnik
  6. subgenre: Wiktionary
  7. subgenre: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. subgenre: Dictionary.com
  9. Subgenre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. subgenre: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subgenre: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (subgenre)

▸ noun:  One of several categories within a particular genre.

Similar:
supergenre, metagenre, macrogenre, genus, subspecies, genosubtype, genrelization, subgenome, subclade, subgenotype, more...

Opposite:
supergenre, main genre, overarching genre

Phrases:
punk rock subgenre, rock subgenre, moody subgenre of punk, expressive music subgenre, punk subgenre, more...

Adjectives:
new, whole, popular, literary, entire, particular, important, distinct, specific, own, small

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Similar:
supergenre, metagenre, macrogenre, genus, subspecies, genosubtype, genrelization, subgenome, subclade, subgenotype, more...

Opposite:
supergenre, main genre, overarching genre

Phrases:
punk rock subgenre, rock subgenre, moody subgenre of punk, expressive music subgenre, punk subgenre, jazz subgenre, more...

Adjectives:
new, whole, popular, literary, entire, particular, important, distinct, specific, own, small



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