subgenren.
/ˈsʌbˌʒɒ̃rə/, /ˈsʌbˌʒɒnrə/, /ˈsʌbˌʒɑːnrə/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌʒɑnrə/ A subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film, etc.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a subordinate class or group
subdivisiona1450
under-kind1571
membera1631
subdenomination1630
subdistinction1665
subkind1820
subgroup1826
subform1844
subclass1852
subset1881
subworld1887
subgenre1903
1903 J. F. Coar Stud. German Lit. 19th Cent. xi. 286 He calls them dramatic epics, or, in so far as he regards the novel as a subgenre of the epic, dramatic novels.
1951 Mod. Philol. 48 205/2 A considerable number of studies of a given work..or a subgenre (e.g., the heroic play) have been published.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Nov. 1262/2 One of the major subgenres of science fiction (works dealing with robots and computers).
2006 The Word July 111/1 My fondest memories of The Hac come from this time, before dance music splintered into tedious subgenres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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