literary genre

Noun

Meaning

a style of expressing yourself in writing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

genre

Hypernyms

style expressive style

Hyponyms

poesy form poetry drama verse prose

Examples

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century. Ken Follett

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. Pope Francis

The shores of the Black Sea lend themselves to the literary genre that may be classified as 'cultural pilgrimage,' which is not just a higher form of travel writing but which has the further mission of reporting on present conditions and supplying neglected knowledge. Norman Davies

Close letter words and terms

literary figure literary form literary garbage literary hack literary historian literary inquisition