subgenre

noun

sub·genre ˈsəb-ˌzhän-rə

-ˌzhäⁿ-;

-ˌzhäⁿr;

-ˌjän-rə

variants or less commonly sub-genre

plural subgenres also sub-genres

: a genre that is part of a larger genre

The series is part of the booming "urban fantasy" subgenre, which features supernatural creatures interacting with ordinary humans in a contemporary city.—

Jennifer Schuessler

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The world-building is more expansive than many other romance subgenres. —

Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024 This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour. —

Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 Clarkson’s latest holiday single opens at No. 19 on Billboard’s radio ranking, which focuses exclusively on the most popular and most successful tunes on stations focusing on playing the more mature pop subgenre. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), a subgenre of strategy games in which two teams compete against each other to overtake and destroy the enemy base. —

Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for subgenre