Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genre-bending

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: gen-re-bend-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres.

Uncountable

adj

Characterized by subversion of generic tropes or fusion of disparate genres.

Example Sentences

"2005, October 7. "Internet the source for the scores", Chicago Tribune. For "Corpse Bride", the idiosyncratic composer has drawn on his affinity for musical genre-bending."
"Here [...] the practice of genre bending is tied specifically to the strategy of the Fourth Gospel in contradistinction to the practice in other comparable texts."
"2016, January 22. Rebecca Strong, "The Challenges of Marketing a Genre-Bending Novel." Publishers Weekly."

Etymology

From genre + bending, on the pattern of genderbending.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more genre-bending (comparative) most genre-bending (superlative)

Phrases

genre-bender

Frequently Paired Words

genre-bender

Questions

What does genre-bending mean?: The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres.
Where does genre-bending come from?: From genre + bending, on the pattern of genderbending.

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