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GENRE

a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content

The meaning of the word genre is a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.

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epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
self-righteousconvinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
sobernot intoxicated
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
fussyeasily upset : irritable
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain